Business Law Today, Comprehensive 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Exercise 16

Discharge in Bankruptcy. Cathy Coleman took out loans to complete her college education. After graduation, Coleman worked as a teacher before she filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition. The court confirmed a five-year plan that required Coleman to commit all of her disposable income to paying the student loans. Less than a year later, she was laid off. Still owing more than $100,000 in student loans, Coleman asked the court to discharge the debt on the ground that paying it would be an undue hardship for her. Under Chapter 13, are student loans dischargeable Should the court grant her request What argument could be made in support of Coleman's request