Moorman v. Kentucky, Higher Education Assistance Authority (In Re Moorman)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

Stress — that modern malaise blamed for all manner of social evil and so pervasive as to have become almost fashionable — is claimed by its victim in this case to create an “undue hardship” justifying the forgiveness of a student loan.

This action was initiated by the debtor, Linda Moorman, against the Commonwealth of Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, to obtain a bankruptcy discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8) of a student loan debt of $8,762.

The debtor, a 33-year-old unemployed mother of three, has a twelve-year…