Is This Legal After You File Bankruptcy?

Written by on October 31st, 2009

joie asked:

3 1/2 yrs. ago I filed bankruptcy chapter 7. I was going under from medical bills. Everything was discharged. I recently went to go back to college because of the economy. The college I had attended was one of the creditors that I filed bankruptcy against for $750. It was discharged, like I stated, & none of my creditors ever showed up at the bankruptcy hearing. Now the college told me they won’t release my transcripts unless I pay off the $750. I told them & showed them my bankruptcy papers & discharge letter. They said that doesn’t matter they want their money. I thought that that is one of the wonderful things about our country that we can, when very hard times come, make use of this law. Shouldn’t that $750 since it was discharged be as if it had not existed? I have paid a high price for having filed bankruptcy & should not have to continue to be treated like dirt. How can they take a Federal Law like Bankruptcy Chapter 7 & then put their own spin on it? It isn’t like I just didn’t want to pay them back then. What should I do & what can be done? Thank you for you time.