Yes. An Illinois Court held that a Debtor’s obligation to repay her former father-in-law who had co-signed her student loans prepetition was postpetition debt that was not discharged:
Even though the Chapter 7 debtor’s former father-in-law co-signed her student loans prepetition, the debtor’s obligation to repay her former father-in-law for his postpetition payments on the debts was a postpetition debt that was not discharged.
Based on the facts and state law, the court held that when the debtor missed a post-discharge payment on the loans, the former father-in-law’s was contacted and made a payment. At that point, the former father-in-law became entitled to repayment from the debtor.
Accordingly, the former father-in-law did not violate the discharge injunction by attempting to collect from the debtor for his
In re Shuey, 582 B.R. 454 (Bankr. N.D. Ill., Jan. 3, 2018)