Board Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy
Clients often ask me whether filing a bankruptcy case will affect their eligibility for student loans. Generally, these are parents who plan to seek PLUS loans for their kids’ college educations, but sometimes it is the client who plans to go back to school and needs financial assistance in order to do so. The bankruptcy code is specific The Bankruptcy Code contains a specific provision … [Read more...]
There are financial and emotional reasons to seek bankruptcy protection. Let's consider both categories. Financial questions to ask yourself Are you able to make more than a minimal payment on your debts every month? How many times in the last year have you been late or skipped a payment on a debt? What is your total debt relative to your annual income? The higher your debt to annual … [Read more...]
Student loans are often in the news, but a Washington Post article in April of this year examined the increasing problem of senior citizens with student loan debt. New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that Americans 60 and older still owe about $36 billion in student loans, providing a rare window into the dynamics of student debt. More than 10 percent of those loans … [Read more...]
Under the current bankruptcy law, student loans are not dischargeable in a bankruptcy. Whenever I say this I'm always asked about cases of "undue hardship." Experience has taught me that if the debtor is blind, deaf, mute, and is missing all four limbs, there is a small chance that the debtor can show undue hardship and thus have his or her student loans discharged in bankruptcy. In other … [Read more...]