A private student loan is
an educational loan issued by a non-government lender.
Not exact matches
On the
issue of swelling student
loan debt that surpassed $ 1.3 trillion earlier this year, Katko stressed he would be working across the aisle to pass legislation and reforms to provide more
educational opportunities.
In particular the
issue that makes these private student
loans so easily dischargeable in bankruptcy is the fact the school was not a «eligible
educational institution» or that the
loans were for a «qualified higher education expense.»
Student
loans, whether
issued by the government, a non-profit lender or an
educational loan fund, can not be discharged in a bankruptcy unless the debtor can prove additonal payments would create an unusual hardship for them.
About 90 % of private
educational loans are
issued with a cosigner attached to a
loan.
Since 1958, the Perkins
Loan Program has
issued more than $ 28 billion in
educational loans to nearly 26 million students in every single U.S. state.
At the very least it certainly sounds like you have a real
issue surrounding that part of your private student
loans that exceeded the limits of a «qualified
educational expense» and the amounts above that may not be protected in bankruptcy from discharge.
The big
issue would be if the private
loans were used for expenses other than just tuition and approved
educational expenses.
It would be worth discussing your private student
loan situation with a bankruptcy attorney who is aware of the
issues surrounding the ability to discharge private student
loans that exceed the limits of «qualified
educational expenses.»
Fortunately,
educational loan eligibility is not deterred by money
issues from recent credit marks.
Unlike
educational debt offered by the Department of Education, College Ave
loans are
issued based off creditworthiness.
Instead, section 523 (a)(8) makes certain
educational debts presumptively non-dischargeable, including government
issued educational loans, defaulted conditional government grants and scholarships, certain
loans from non-profit institutions, and private education
loans that are qualified education
loans under the tax code.
The Trigild Spring Conference is a day and a half
educational program focusing on the unique
issues arising from non-performing commercial
loans.
When I questioned her about the
issue, she replied, â $ ¨ â $ ¨» Do you think it's because I didn't finish paying the school off on my
educational loan.»