Can You Discharge Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy?

There’s a big misconception that private student loans can never be discharged in bankruptcy. People have repeated that statement so often they believe it to be a fact. The only problem is it’s not quite true. Some private student loans are clearly eligible to be wiped away in a consumer bankruptcy. Even in a Chapter …

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Dead Son’s Student Loans Still Haunt Father

by Marian Wang ProPublica It’s been four long years for Francisco Reynoso. The California gardener whose son died in a car accident in 2008 left him buried in grief u2014 and in student debt. At last, the bereaved father is getting some resolution. As ProPublica reported in June, Reynoso was saddled with six figures in …

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Why Should I Pay My Student Loans? I Didn’t Get My Degree. – Katherine

“Dear Steve, I make very little money have one credit card in default that is suing me for 1700 dollars. I also am about 400 behind in my sale mae loans and have 50 thousand in private student loans. How do I deal with the card that is suing me? Is it to late not …

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