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N.D. Illinois· 12/27/1991

In Re Nelson

Citations

  • 135 B.R. 304
  • 1991 Bankr. LEXIS 1922
  • 1991 WL 286069

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  • stating that “[m]ost courts faced with a request for a hardship discharge have required the presence of catastrophic circumstances”
  • stating that a debtor must “persuade the court that each of [the] three subsections have been complied with before the court will consider whether the debtor is entitled to [a] hardship discharge”
  • finding that the debtor’s loss of vehicle and inability to acquire full-time employment coupled with a sizeable unexpected expense in the amount of $1,118 all constituted economic events insufficient to warrant a hardship discharge

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Judges: Susan Pierson Sonderby

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