Roberts v. U.S. Department of Education (In Re Roberts)

DECISION AND ORDER

RICHARD L. SPEER, Bankruptcy Judge.

This cause comes before the Court after a Trial on the Plaintiff/Debtor’s Complaint to Determine Dischargeability of Debt. At issue at the Trial was whether the Debtor was entitled to receive a discharge of her student-loan obligations pursuant to the “undue hardship” standard set forth in 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). At the conclusion of the Trial, the Court required the Debtor to submit updated financial information, and deferred ruling on her Complaint so as to afford the opportunity to consider this information. The Debtor has since filed…