Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Robert Farrington writes about higher education and student loans. WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 28: A sign reading Cancel Student ...

Filing for student loan bankruptcy is never ideal ... is causing you “undue hardship,” it tends to be a complicated process. The U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education ...

Still, they said many lawyers are reluctant to lean into the new process, and more outreach and education on navigating bankruptcy for student loans would help. Dale said the overwhelming emotion ...

In the fall of 2022, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice jointly released updated bankruptcy guidelines aimed at making the process for student loan borrowers less ...

Why borrowers should still prioritize paying off student loans as uncertainty looms around the Department of Education.

You recently declared bankruptcy. It's not impossible to refinance student loans ... lender will pay off the loan with your current lender. While you wait during this process, keep making payments ...

New rules that went into effect a couple of years ago make it much easier to get student loan relief. It's not an easy fix, but for people already in the bankruptcy process, or seriously ...

The bill would also streamline and automate the PSLF application process ... of thousands of student loan borrowers who were defrauded by predatory schools. The bankruptcy code treats student ...

I am currently in the process. Discover told me that bankruptcy won't help me as student loans are exempt from bankruptcy. I am going to try anyway. My daughter has no credit cards or loans other ...

unsustainable personal or student loan payments or something else entirely. Bankruptcy filings have also been increasing recently, with recent data showing an uptick in filings of 16.2% from 2023 ...

Student loans and taxes are hard to wipe off your ... How it works. Going through the bankruptcy process isn't difficult, according to Dai Rosenblum, an attorney and a counselor of law in Butler ...