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Scott v. US Dept. of Education; undue hardship established

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

This case was just published this morning from Judge Overstreet’s bankruptcy court in the Western District of Washington. In Scott, the debtors owed over $300,000 in student loans. That huge debt burden, even though they had a decent income between them, burdened them with monthly payments excessive enough to satisfy the Brunner factors. Read the opinion for yourself here.

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