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Buckland v. Education Credit Mgmt. Corp. (In re Buckland)

Buckland v. Education Credit Mgmt. Corp. (In re Buckland)

Ruling
Undue hardship discharge of student loan debt denied where debtor sought only management positions after losing job.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff chapter 7 debtor filed an adversary proceeding against defendant creditor, seeking a determination that student loan debt he owed the creditor was dischargeable under 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(8) because requiring him to repay the debt would have imposed an undue hardship on him. The case was tried to the court.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 12, 2010 , LexisNexis #0410-124