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Student Loans- Tough Times Ahead?

Do you have student loans?
Are you having trouble paying them off…?
Do you know anyone who is?
Read the entire about people who are having trouble here…
http://www.cleveland.com/consumeraffairs/index.ssf/

Student Loan Bankruptcy

What are student loans?
Student loans are generally loans that people take out to finance secondary educations- college & university fees.
So, what is the treatment of student loans in consumer bankruptcy?
Generally speaking, student loans are not dischargable in bankruptcy proceedings outside of extreme hardship.
While student loans are unsecured loans, they are rarely discharged in Chapter 7 [...]

Bankruptcy Student Loans

Student loans generally don’t appear to be dischargeable in bankruptcy outside of special circumstances…
Many states use the test determined in:
Brunner v. New York State Higher Educ. Servs. Corp.
See these links for info on student loans & bankruptcy.
http://www.bankruptcyhome.com/studentloans.htm
http://www.salliemae.com/after_graduation/
http://www.studentloanborrowerassistance.org/bankruptcy/
More Chapter 7 bankruptcy news coming tomorrow…

Is anyone going deep in debt?

Take a look at this:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/
The article features an interview about an author who is writing about this debt phenomenon in his new book. He answers a question about why people file for bankruptcy, stating:
…mostly because of medical bills or short-term unemployment…
We’ve reported on this reason in several of our post (especially the longer ones- see [...]

Minnesota Bankruptcies

Here is a quick article on personal bankruptcies in Minnesota:
http://www.startribune.com/business/30814049.html?elr=KArksLc
And this is related too…on student loan debt:
“Instead, the $69,000 in debt from their private-school education has become a financial albatross they never anticipated.”
http://www.startribune.com/business/30807559.html?elr=KArks: