In Re Martin

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• holding that a chapter 13 filing would only result in partial payment of the student loan debt and the debtors had no reasonable alternative but to pay the debt
• deciding that the existence of student loan debt “is a distinct, particular, additional, and extra factor which this Court should consider in determining whether abuse exists here” and concluding that the student loan debt was a “special circumstance”
• stating that “special circumstances” must be construed as “uncommon, unusual, exceptional, distinct, peculiar, particular, additional or extra conditions or facts”
• concluding that special circumstances in the context of section 707(b)(2)(B

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  D. New Hampshire· 2007-09-06· cited 23×
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  S.D. Georgia· 2008-05-01· cited 23×
• In Re Vaccariello
  N.D. Ohio· 2007-08-22· cited 17×
• In Re Siler
  W.D. North Carolina· 2010-03-23· cited 13×
• In Re Mravik
  E.D. Wisconsin· 2008-12-31· cited 11×
• In Re Champagne
  D. Kansas· 2008-04-04· cited 11×
• DeAngelis v. Fonash (In Re Fonash)
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-12-12· cited 11×
• In Re Harmon
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-02-16· cited 9×
• In Re Hammock
  E.D. North Carolina· 2010-07-08· cited 9×
• DeAngelis v. Womer (In Re Womer)
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2010-04-14· cited 4×
• In Re Parulan
  E.D. Virginia· 2008-04-29· cited 4×
• In Re Konowicz
  D. New Jersey· 2012-05-17· cited 4×
• In re Martin
  S.D. Iowa· 2014-02-14· cited 4×
• In re Howell
  W.D. New York· 2012-09-11· cited 2×
• In re Behne
  D. Nebraska· 2017-08-25· cited 1×