Nebraska Student Loans

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New York attorney Austin C. Smith writes an important article in the American Bankruptcy Institute under the heading The Misinterpretation of 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(8) suggesting that federal courts have been misapplying the student loan exception to discharge since 1990.

Section 523(8) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that bankruptcy does not discharge an individual debtor from