Recent Posts in Student Loans Category
Posted on Jan 11, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
Student loan debt is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. That's not news-it's pretty much common knowledge. But student loan debt for newly-minted lawyers is a growing problem, since the job market for ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
On more than one occasion, I have represented individuals in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases when the debt that prompted the filing was wholly or in large part co-signed debt . It seems that ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Below poverty level income for five of the past six years was no basis for discharging a chapter 7 debtor's student loans, where she was voluntarily underemployed, had no dependents, and lived with ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Bankruptcy lawyers and their clients are plagued by the Brunner test when trying to discharge student loans. While the Bankruptcy Code says that student loans may be discharged if the debtor shows ...
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