Legal Opinion
Dufresne v. NH Higher Education Assistance Foundation (In Re Dufresne)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 25, 2006No. 19-10537PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER REGARDING STUDENT LOAN DISCHARGE
ROBERT SOMMA, Bankruptcy Judge.
By her complaint in this adversary proceeding. Susan P. Dufresne seeks a dis charge of her outstanding student loans on an undue hardship basis under Section 523(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code. Defendant New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation (“NH”) is the as-signee of these loans and opposes their discharge. 1
I have jurisdiction of this matter under 28 U.S.C. § 1334. It is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157.
On December 2, 2005, the Court conducted a trial of the complaint. Before…
2Cases cited8 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
- Kopf v. United States Department of Education (In Re Kopf)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 2000
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. Savage (In Re Savage)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2004
- Hicks v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Hicks)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2005
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ablavsky v. United States Department of Education (In re Ablavsky)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2014
- Bourche v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016