The Obama administration urged Congress to make it easier for people to dischargea portion of certain student debt by filing for bankruptcy protection.
They are similar in some ways to debtdischarge cases like that of David and Carla Stewart who received a 1099 from Portfolio Recovery Asscoiates concerning credit card debt that was over ten years old.
She happened to mention that some attorneys accept payment of retainers by credit card to represent the client in a bankruptcy which will discharge that very credit card debt.