Legal Opinion
Kopf v. United States Department of Education (In Re Kopf)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided February 29, 2000No. 15-20687PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JAMES B. HAINES, Jr., Chief Judge.
Before me on a stipulated record is In-ger Kopfs request that the educational loans she owes to the United States Department of Education (the “Department”) be discharged pursuant to § 523(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code. 1 For the reasons set forth below,' I conclude that Ms. Kopf has not demonstrated that excepting her student loan obligation from discharge will subject her to undue hardship within the meaning of § 523(a)(8). Therefore, the loans will not be discharged.
Facts
The parties have stipulated to the following facts:
1. Kopfs…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Norwest Bank Worthington v. AhlersSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Bronsdon v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Bronsdon)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2010
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. Savage (In Re Savage)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2004
- Grigas v. Sallie Mae Servicing Corp. (In Re Grigas)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire · 2000
- Long v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Long)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- Hicks v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Hicks)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2005
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