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Discharge of Student Loan Debt OK'd Under Brunner Standard

In January, a Southern District of New York U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge entered a decision granting summary judgment to a pro se debtor, finding that he debtor had satisfied the "undue hardship" standard set forth in Section 523(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code, and ordering the discharge of the student loan debt of more than $220,000.

7 minute read March 01, 2020 at 12:09 AM
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Rudolph J. Di Massa, Jr. and Keri L. Wintle
Discharge of Student Loan Debt OK'd Under Brunner Standard

In January, U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Cecelia Morris of the Southern District of New York entered a decision granting summary judgment to pro se debtor, Kevin Jared Rosenberg, finding that Rosenberg had satisfied the "undue hardship" standard set forth in Section 523(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code, and ordering the discharge of Rosenberg's student loan debt of more than $220,000 in Rosenberg v.

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