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IN RE SKAGGS

Bankruptcy No. BK-95-15404-BH. Adv. No. 96-1053-BH.

196 B.R. 865 (1996)

In re Michael J. SKAGGS, Debtor. Michael J. SKAGGS, Plaintiff, v. GREAT LAKES HIGHER EDUCATION CORP., Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma.

June 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Spears, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Debtor-Plaintiff.

Lloyd J. Blaney, Madison, Wisconsin, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

RICHARD L. BOHANON, Bankruptcy Judge.

This proceeding is before the court on a complaint to determine dischargeability of a student loan debt of roughly $47,000. There are two distinct issues. The first is a question of law and concerns the extent of the authority of a bankruptcy court to discharge student loans pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(8)(B)? Is the authority sufficiently broad and discretionary, as urged by the defendant...

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