Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in bankruptcy

Re:Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in ba... by maxerickson on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:42PM (#22030576)

I doubt they would give you the whole amount up front if it were dischargeable, so your clock is wrong.

It might be possible to declare bankruptcy a year or two before graduating still. Not sure what employers would make of it. Maybe they'd like the mercenary attitude.

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Re:Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in ba... by toasterlovin on Sunday January 12, 2020 @07:02PM (#22030693)

> I doubt they would give you the whole amount up front if it were dischargeable

This is basically the entire point.

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Re:Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in ba... by maxerickson on Sunday January 12, 2020 @07:07PM (#22030713)

Right, that's why I pointed it out to the commenter that I replied too, they wrote as if the bankruptcy would start when you took the loan out...

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Re:Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in ba... by toasterlovin on Sunday January 12, 2020 @07:37PM (#22030886)

Ah, gotcha. Makes sense now.

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Re:Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in ba... by vanniv on Sunday January 12, 2020 @08:12PM (#22031048)

Generally, you don't make payments on student loans until after you graduate. That means you have years to spend the money before you have to worry about refusing to pay

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