Can I Discharge My Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy? Not Likely!
by
Gregory Mark Fitzgerald on Jan. 22, 2019
Bankruptcy & Debt Credit & Debt Bankruptcy & Debt Collection Bankruptcy & Debt Bankruptcy
Summary: Student loans continue to push more and more consumers into bankruptcy, but student loans themselves cannot be discharged in most cases, whether privately funded or taken out through the federal government.
"To see any student loan discharged in bankruptcy, you would need to prove hardship, and convincing the court of that may be a serious hardship in itself with the responsibility on you to prove through extensive documentation that you are unable to sustain even the most basic of lifestyles."
Read the entire article on the official Fitzgerald & Campbell, APLC blog.