Inside a mom's legal battle to turn her $55,000 student-loan balance to $0

Ashley Carlson was sued by her private student-loan lender SoFi. Now, she's fighting for her balance to be discharged. Hannah Latham, Alyssa Powell/BI After Ashley Carlson puts her two kids to bed, she stays up until 2 a.m. most nights drafting court filings — work she never imagined doing before SoFi sued her to collect $55,000 in defaulted student debt. For the last two years, she's represented herself in a court battle with the private student-loan lender. Best-case scenario: Carlson gets...