This memorandum provides guidance (Guidance) to Department of Justice (Department) attorneys regarding requests to discharge student loans in bankruptcy cases. Developed in coordination with the Department of Education (Education), this Guidance will enhance consistency and equity in the handling of these cases.
Listing the nine provisions the Department of Education consented to in In re Buchanan, No. 14-51161 (Bankr. M.D.N.C. June 13, 2015).
This page shows unanimous consent that the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to make technical and clerical corrections in the engrossment of the original 1978 Bankruptcy Code, involving Senate amendment to H.R. 8200. The 1978 original Bankruptcy Code, the Public Law version of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, the version of the Code prior to the 2005 amendment, and a redlined version showing the changes from the 2005 Code are available as Primary Sources.
This is the original 1978 version of the Bankruptcy Code. The Public Law version of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, the 2005 Bankruptcy Code prior to those amendments, and a redlined version showing the changes from the 2005 Code are available as Primary Sources. The portions of the current version of the Bankruptcy Code relevant to consumer bankruptcy and the current version of other relevant bankruptcy statutes are available in NCLC's Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice Appendix A.