Spence v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Spence)

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• holding that Brunner’s second prong was not satisfied where the debtor was in a low-paying job but held “a master’s degree along with completed Ph.D. course work”
• holding that the bankruptcy court erred in finding that the debtor was entitled to discharge her student loans where the debtor “suffer[ed] from diabetes and high blood pressure, but neither these ailments nor any other age-related health problems affect[ed] her ability to work full-time”
• denying undue hardship discharge of $161,000 in student loan debts to debtor in her late 60s suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure
• denying undue hardship discharge of $161,000 in student loan debts to debtor in her late 60s suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure
• finding no \additional circumstances\ outside of normal hardships faced by bankruptcy petitioners that would render debtor's situation hopeless, who was 62 years old and had low-paying job
• construing a document purporting to be a notice of appeal to pertain to the district court’s final order even though it designated only the district court’s order denying the motion for rehearing

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