The debtor's student loans were "qualified education loans" under § 523(a)(8). As a young man in good health with marketable skills and no dependents, the debtor was unable to establish on summary judgment that repayment would be an undue hardship.

A temporary order in the parties' marital dissolution case directed debtor to pay a portion of the children's medical and daycare expenses and half the cost of a custody evaluation. Those amounts are in the nature of support and are not dischargeable.

Preference action to recover payments to suppliers. Discusses the necessary elements of the "earmarking doctrine", where a creditor loans funds to debtor to pay off other creditors. The court found the loaned funds to be property of the debtor

Under Nebraska exemption statute which didn't expressly provide for a tool-of-the-trade exemption in vehicles, debtors couldn't exempt vehicles used for transportation to work, although debtor could exempt a truck that he used in his part-time employment

Commercial landlord is entitled to administrative expense claim for rent under section 365(d)(3) for the post-petition/pre-rejection period, and under section 503(b)(1)(A) for the period between rejecting the lease and vacating the premises

The debtor co-signed a loan post-discharge to refinance some pre-petition debt. The lender's efforts to collect from the debtor were not barred by the discharge injunction because this was new debt taken on by the debtor after completing bankruptcy.

The court dismissed debtors' Chapter 12 case because it had been filed to invoke the automatic stay that was lifted in their pending Chapter 7 case. The debtors hadn't shown any changed circumstances, so the second filing abused the bankruptcy process

Debtors were not allowed to increase their claimed exemption in stock to protect its value. They knew its real value, but undervalued it in their schedules. In addition, only one debtor could claim the exemption because the stock was not owned jointly

The evidence at trial indicated that the debtor transferred assets both pre- and post-petition, and failed to disclose assets and transfers of assets, with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors. Discharge was denied under § 727(a)(2).