
UPDATE: Even Newer Hope for Student Loan Borrowers
On the heels of this week’s discussion of the strategic potential of bankruptcy, even if a significant portion of debt is educational, comes a decision in the case In re Jeffrey Howell and Rebecca Howell, 11-12685, from the Bankruptcy Court in the Western District of New York. Howell recognizes a peculiar difficulty for holders of student loans that I did not touch upon in my earlier post, namely, the difficulty debtors have in filing petitions under Chapter 7, rather than C