Legal Opinion
Zygarewicz v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Zygarewicz)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California
Decided January 15, 2010No. 19-90083PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MICHAEL S. McMANUS, Bankruptcy Judge.
Angela Zygarewicz, a chapter 7 debtor and the plaintiff in this adversary proceeding, borrowed 16 government-guaranteed student loans totaling $81,429. The loans have been assigned to Educational Credit Management Corporation (“ECMC”). By September 2009, the accrual of interest on these student loans had caused the debt to balloon to more than $146,000. The debt- or asks the court to declare that these student loans were discharged in bankruptcy.
The Bankruptcy Code provides financially distressed debtors with a fresh start by discharging most of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Randall K. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- In Re Ernest J. Pena Julie Pena, Debtors, United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Ernest J. Pena Julie PenaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- In Re Weiner Merchant, Debtor. Andrews University v. Weiner MerchantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Roundtree-Crawley v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Crawley)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
- Skelly v. U.S. Department of EducationDistrict Court, S.D. California · 2019