Legal Opinion
Shaffer v. United States Department of Education (In re Shaffer)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 30, 2012No. BAP No. 12-6010PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAIL, Bankruptcy Judge.
Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation (“Iowa Student Loan”) appeals the December 1, 2011 judgment of the bankruptcy court1 determining the educational loan debts Debtor Susan M. Shaffer (“Debtor”) owed to the United States Department of Education, Iowa Student Loan, and Educational Credit Management Corporation were discharged.2 We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Debtor is an unmarried woman in her mid-thirties. She has no dependents. Since her mid-teens, Debtor has suffered from a variety of mental health issues, including eating disorders, depression, self-harm (cutting), and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- In Re: Nanci Anne Long Debtor. Nanci Anne Long v. Educational Credit Management CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- Andresen v. Nebraska Student Loan Program, Inc. (In Re Andresen)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. JespersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Cline v. Illinois Student Loan Assistance Ass'n (In Re Cline)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
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