The Brunner Student Loan Hardship Test: Alive and Well in The Big Apple

By Herbert L. Beskin, Chapter 13 Trustee for the Western District of Virginia (Charlottesville)

Let’s take the following set of facts and see how it plays out in the labyrinthian world of hardship discharge of student loan debt. The case is In re Lozada (Lozada v. Educational Credit Management Corporation), 594 B.R. 212 (Bankr. S.D. N.Y. 2018).

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