United States Department of Education v. Gerhardt (In Re Gerhardt)

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• \proving that the debtor is currently in financial straits is not enough.\
• “proving that the debtor is currently in financial straits is not enough.”
• stating that “nothing in the Bankruptcy Code suggests that a debtor may choose to work only in the field in which he was trained, obtain a low-paying job, and then claim it would be an undue hardship to repay his student loans.”
• “Because the Second Circuit presented a workable approach to evaluating the ‘undue hardship’ determination, 5 this court expressly adopts the Brunner test for purposes of evaluating a Section 523(a)(8) decision.”
• “This second aspect of the [Brunner] test is meant to be a ‘demanding requirement.’”

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