Local Rule 2003-1: Section 341(a) Meetings of Creditors and Security Holders

Rule 2003-1 Section 341(a) Meetings of Creditors and Security Holders

(a) Continuances. Requests for a continuance must be made in writing to the trustee assigned to the case. Upon granting a request for continuance, the trustee shall note such continuance on the Court's docket.

(b) Waiver of Personal Appearance.

(1) The court may grant a waiver of personal appearance on the motion of the debtor(s) for good cause shown after a hearing on notice given to all interested parties.

(2) Motions for waiver of personal appearance must: [A] be supported by affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury setting forth in particular the facts that preclude personal appearance; [B] set forth any alternative means reasonably available by which the trustee or any interested party may examine the debtor and obtain responses under oath, including, but not necessarily limited to, methods prescribed by Rules 26-36, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and [C] be served on the trustee and transmitted to the United States trustee. (3) [A] The court may, in its discretion, order the debtor to provide responses to any matter subject to inquiry by the trustee or any interested party by deposition upon written questions under Rule 31, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. [B] For the purposes of this paragraph, only the trustee, the United States trustee, and those interested parties actually appearing at the meeting of creditors will be considered a "party" within the scope of Rule 31.