Haag v. Sallie Mae (In Re Haag)

MEMORANDUM ORDER

FRANK W. KOGER, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the complaint filed by the Chapter 7 debtor, Caryn Kay Haag, seeking to have student loan debt owed to Sallie Mae and the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education (“MCBHE”) discharged under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8) based upon undue hardship. A trial was held in this matter on January 23, 2002. Sallie Mae neither filed an answer to the complaint nor appeared at trial. Accordingly, this Court will enter a default judgment against Sallie Mae and order that all student loan debt held by Sallie Mae is…