Bankruptcy Form Changes April 1, 2013

Dollar amounts in title 11 and title 28 of the U.S. Code will be increased for cases commencing after April 1, 2013. Seven Official Bankruptcy Forms (1, 6C, 6E, 7, 10, 22A and 22C) and two Director's Forms (200 and 283).

Southern District Forms

Please be advised that LF 8 "Order Converting Case Under Chapter 7 to Case Under Chapter 13" has been abrogated and split into two new Local Form orders, one for use when the motion is considered on negative notice and the other for use when the court conducts a hearing. A public notice has been posted on the court's web page: http://www.flsb.uscourts.gov/web_folder/NEWS/13-03-01_Notice_of_Amendment_to_Local_Form.pdf

Permissive Use of Negative Notice in Northern District

The “Permissive Use of Negative Notice” list will be 

updated to include additional items as needed. 

   http://www.flnb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/filing_requirements/negative_notice.pdf

New bankruptcy Forms

Form 6 I

Form 6 J

Form 22 A 1

Form 22A 2 MT calc

Form 22C-1

Form 22C-2

You can submit your comments by email to Rules_Comments@ao.uscourts.gov or by snail mail

Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
One Columbus Circle, NE
Washington, D.C. 20544

Revised Bankruptcy Forms

Revamped Consumer Bankruptcy Forms Out for Public Comment
The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure is asking for comment on the first proposed modernization of bankruptcy forms in two decades. The revised forms, published for comment, are all used by individual debtors and include the fee waiver and installment fee forms, income and expense forms, and the means test forms, replacing previous forms. The comments, submitted by the public, will be reviewed over the coming months and will be used to fine-tune the forms. The deadline for submitting comments is Feb. 15
Click here to review the revised forms.