Maybe Borrowers Can Escape Student Loan Debt: New York Bankruptcy Court Reinterprets the Brunner Undue Hardship Test

A New York bankruptcy court recently allowed a pro se debtor to discharge over $200,000 in student loan debt, vehemently rejecting as “punitive” more recent legal authority concerning how student loan debts may be discharged in bankruptcy.

Filed under:
USA, New York, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Troutman Pepper, Debtor, United States bankruptcy court
Authors:
Allison A. Melton , David M. Gettings
Location:
USA
Firm:
Troutman Pepper