Statutory Interpretation Merry-Go-Round: Student Loan Cosigner Discharge Then, Now and Later

Minority position: In re Boylen, 29 B.R. 924, 925 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 1983); In re Washington, 41 B.R. 211, 214 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 1984); In re Behr, 80 B.R. 124, 127 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 1987); In re Kirkish, 144 B.R. 367, 368 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 1992); In re Pryor, 234 B.R. 716, 717 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1999). Majority position: In re Pelkowski, 990 F.2d 737, 745 (3d Cir. 1993); Corletta v. Texas Higher Educ. Coordinating Bd., 531 B.R. 647, 653 (W.D. Tex. 2015); In re Wilcon, 143 B.R. 4, 5 (D. Mass. 1992); Solomon v. AFG Loan et al. (In re Solomon), Case No. 12-33993, Adv. No. 12-03276 (Bankr. D. Minn. Oct. 1, 2012); Kuschel v. Kuschel (In re Kuschel), 365 B.R. 910, 916 (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 2007); In re Lawson, 256 B.R. 512, 517 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2000); In re James, 226 B.R. 885, 887 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. 1998); In re Karben, 201 B.R. 681, 683-84 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1996); Matter of Barth, 86 B.R. 146, 149 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 1988). Recent cases: In re Campbell, 547 B.R. 49, 60 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2016).