Discharge for student loan co-signer

[motopokep]

I know most of the time, student loans are not dischargeable for the student debtor. What if I co-signed a private student loan for a person, they stopped paying, and I would like to discharge my obligation as a co-signer before the bank?

Does chapter 7 allow for a discharge of student loan co-signer who himself received no benefit of the student loan? Thanx.

[Klesko]

Depends, if it is a government backed student loan no you wont be able to. If it is truly a private loan without that backing then yes you can.

IMO there really needs to be more provision to be able to discharge government backed student loans.