· 2/26/1999
Elmore v. Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corp. (In Re Elmore)
Citations
- 230 B.R. 22
- 1999 Bankr. LEXIS 152
- 1999 WL 102179
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- holding that debtor with three children did not have undue hardship because the family income of over $45,000 was well above the federal poverty level guidelines
- holding that the analysis “begins, and ends,” when the debtor earned over twice the federal poverty guidelines
- finding that “the failure to make a payment, standing alone, does not establish a lack of good faith.”
- finding that an income between two and three times the poverty level with reasonable expenses permits a minimal standard of living
- taking judicial notice of the Federal Poverty Level Guidelines that establish a poverty level for a family of five at $18,770 in 1997 and comparing it to the debtor's combined family income of $45,000
- in California the recording of an 24 abstract of a money judgment in the county creates a judgment lien 25 16 CCC § 3439.08(a) provides: 26 A transfer or an obligation is not voidable under paragraph 27 (1) of subdivision (a
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Judges: Albert S. Dabrowski
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