Belton v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp. (In re Belton)
Feb
14
2006
Ruling
Collection costs associated with a student loan debt previously deemed nondischargeable was also deemed nondischargeable.
Procedural posture
Plaintiff debtor filed an adversary proceeding against defendant creditor to determine the dischargeability of certain student loan obligations pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). The court previously ruled that the debtor had failed to prove undue hardship. The only issue was whether the collection costs were also nondischargeable, even though the creditor chose not to claim these collection costs for purposes of a distribution in chapter 13.
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