I am 25, married, and own a small home. Due to very slow payment (I pay mortgage with student loan monies when they arrive), my house is going into foreclosure. I also have a lot of debt from medical expenses, and hubby has major debt (car, credit cards) from his teen years.

I have enough money to reinstate my mortgage without filing some type of bankruptcy. However, that would leave me with no lump sum of safety money. I do work, so I could feed myself – but I never seem to have enough income to pay for regular expenses AND my mortgage. So, if I don’t file bankruptcy and I catch up/reinstate my mortgage…I know I’m going to fall right back into the "non-payment" category again.

Is catching up my mortgage better than filing bankruptcy? What about the other debts that I have? How is credit affected?

(I’m going to grad school, so I have many years of being a poor college student left. I just need to know what I should do about my house and other bills in collections)
SideNote to a response on student loans: Student Loan money can be used for any of the following reasons, not limited to: tuition, educational supplies, food, housing, clothing, misc. necessities / personal items, technology purchases (hardware & software), etc. My lenders are VERY aware of the fact that I am investing in my future by paying for current expenses with loans. Hence, the reason that most lenders always mention "housing or room & board expenses" and are very inclusive on those types of expenses.
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Forget to add: Hubby is also college student (not a bum in case you’re wondering).
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Again, mostly just wanting to find out which Bankruptcy would be beneficial considering my other debt.

If I pay up the mortgage/reinstate – how long will it take of on-time payments to have good standing / good credit again?

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I will be filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy soon, and am trying to figure out if the ,000 I owe my University will be discharged. None of the balance is from student loans, or any other type of Financial Aid. It is from past tuition, bookstore charges, room & board, as well some other irresponsible charges to my Bursar bill. Thank you in advance.
To answer the answers below, I am actually in the process of choosing my bankruptcy attorney, but the last one I spoke with wanted to charge me 0 to look up that information, and would not include it in his normal bankruptcy rate.
As for the answer regarding student loans, NONE of the University debt includes any type of loan or other type of financial aid. Thank you for such quick responses though!

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