In re George J.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

ROBERT D. MARTIN, Bankruptcy Judge.

When they filed their Chapter 13 case, debtors George and Patricia Hanson (“the Hansons”) were under contract to pay $776.94 per month to the U.S. Department of Education (“D.O.E.”) to retire student loans. Because they owed the D.O.E. more than $77,000, a last payment would have been due some 99 months later. The Hansons proposed a Chapter 13 plan which would: 1.) pay $175 per month for 36 months to the Chapter 13 trustee to be distributed to creditors including the D.O.E. for any claimed arrearage due on the student loan contract; and…