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· 2/23/2004

Murphy v. Mae (In Re Murphy)

Citations

  • 305 B.R. 780
  • 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 271
  • 2004 WL 444884

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “discharge of a student loan must be founded on more than notions of sympathy or fairness”
  • finding that debtor had not made a good faith effort to repay her educational loans where she had negotiated forbearances and deferments but had never a payment
  • finding a lack of good faith where the debtor made no payments on her student loans
  • “[The debtor] solely has negotiated forbearances and deferments of these student loans; no serious, good faith effort to pay any amounts at any time since the inception of these loans has occurred.”

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Judges: Stephen C. St. John

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