<prompt> Human: The standard is no you cant get rid of student loan debt through bankruptcy. Ive seen a few articles saying that there are ways around this and one is to prove paying back the loan would be an undue hardship. It seems like a long shot but Im wondering if anyone out there has advice or has done this and can speak from personal experience. In a chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy. I know the best advice is to contact a bankruptcy lawyer but I thought Id send a shout out into the Reddit void for advice first. Context: my partner has developedbeen diagnosed with bi-polar 2 since he took out his student loans to attend law school he can no longer work as an attorney due to his illness and any of the jobs he has had have been around 8- 15 an hour. Over the past year his diagnoses from depression to bipolar 2, and switching to a more appropriate Med plan has helped him tremendously. His loans have already accumulated almost 10,000 in interest started at about 100.000. And even if he is able to continue working these jobs He would never be able to pay off the loan completely. His currently plan is an income based repayment where he pays 0 every month. He may start to make nominal payments from 22-200 a month if he can stay healthy. But he would still never pay off the total loan. Its a 20 year loan, and I am not sure if its a federal or private loan.  <response>: How much assets does he have and where are you guys located? The cost of living varies and if you have too much saved up already the path you are pursuing may not be feasible. Read this article to find out how to prove undue hardship. The process here isnt easy and the article does a good job to take you through it step by step so I wont go into details here. Alternatively, see if any of these other tips will help before you pursue proving undue hardship. Good luck. 