by Mark J. Markus | Apr 23, 2013 | Student Loans
A Bill has been introduced into the California Assembly by Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski that would make private student loan lenders unable to use wage garnishment as a method to collect on delinquent student loan debts. The Bill, AB233, will not affect how governmental...
by Mark J. Markus | Nov 12, 2012 | Bankruptcy Law, General Issues, Miscellaneous, Student Loans
Learning Debt Relief Options Early, Including Bankruptcy, Can Avoid Problems Later In today’s Los Angeles Times, there is a featured story about a dentist, Opanin Gyaami, still working at age 70 to pay off student loan debt of over $500,000. He didn’t...
by Mark J. Markus | Jan 4, 2011 | Bankruptcy Law, chapter 13, chapter 7, credit card debt, Student Loans
Credit card and student loan payments do not factor in to Chapter 7 eligibility. It seems not a day goes by that I’m not trying to explain to a potential client why their payments to debts owed to unsecured creditors do not count in their budget in determining...
by Mark J. Markus | Dec 29, 2009 | Student Loans
My question of the week comes from a client who wanted to know if private student loans he owed on were discharged in a bankruptcy case he filed in 2002. Private Student Loans Are Treated No Differently Than Federal: Not Dischargeable In Bankruptcy Private student...
