Skip to main content

Barker v. Educational Credit Mgmt. Corp.

Barker v. Educational Credit Mgmt. Corp.

Ruling
Bankruptcy court properly refused to discharge student loan debt where debtor's hardship was temporary and not insurmountable.
Procedural posture

Appellant debtor sought review of an order of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois, which denied his claim for a discharge of his government-guaranteed educational loan debt to appellee creditor under 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(8)(B).

ABI Membership is required to access the full summary of Barker v. Educational Credit Mgmt. Corp. Please sign in if you are already an ABI member, or otherwise you may Become an ABI Member

Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 18, 2008 , LexisNexis #0408-031