Local Rule 1017-1: CONVERSION – REQUEST FOR/NOTICE OF
Bankr. C.D. Ill. — General rule
RULE 1017‐1 CONVERSION – REQUEST FOR/NOTICE OF
(A) A case under Chapter 12 or 13 may be converted to one under Chapter 7 by the debtor filing a notice of conversion. Upon such filing, the Clerk shall process the conversion. All other conversions shall be requested by motion and shall be considered only after notice and hearing.
(B) One debtor in a joint case may seek conversion as provided in paragraph (A) of this Rule to the exclusion of the other joint debtor. If the conversion is allowed, the Clerk shall deconsolidate the joint case and assign a new case number to the case of the converting debtor. The debtor in the converted case shall be responsible for the associated deconsolidation fee assessed following conversion.