Legal Opinion
Roundtree-Crawley v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Crawley)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 24, 2011No. 16-16214PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERIC L. FRANK, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this adversary proceeding, Plaintiff Janice Roundtree-Crawley (“the Debtor”), acting pro se, seeks a discharge of her student loan obligations under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). Section 523(a)(8) provides that student loans are not dischargeable “unless excepting such debt from discharge ... would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor’s dependents.” 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8).
It is settled law in this Circuit that a debtor seeking to discharge his or her student loans must prove that:(1) based on current income and expenses, the…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- United States v. CaveraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- In Re Marjorie Jo Faish, Debtor. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Marjorie Jo FaishCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. (In Re Brunner)District Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- In Re Sandra Jane Frushour, Debtor. Educational Credit Management Corporation v. Sandra Jane FrushourCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Trudel v. United States Department of Education (In re Trudel)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2014
- Jean-Baptiste v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp. (In re Jean-Baptiste)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 2018
- Flickinger-Luther v. ECMC (In re Flickinger-Luther)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2012
- Lozada v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp. (In re Lozada)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2018
- Cleveland v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In re Cleveland)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2016
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