Local Rule 2003-1: Submission of Interrogatories in Lieu of Live Testimony at Meetings Conducted under 11 U.S.C. § 341 in Chapter 7 and 13 Cases
Bankr. D. Del. — General rule
Rule 2003-1 Submission of Interrogatories in Lieu of Live Testimony at Meetings Conducted under 11 U.S.C. § 341 in Chapter 7 and 13 Cases.
(a) The Court may, for cause, permit a chapter 7 or 13 debtor to submit to examination by written interrogatories in lieu of the debtor's live appearance at a meeting of creditors or equity security holders convened under 11 U.S.C. § 341. A motion for such relief must be served on the chapter 7 or 13 trustee (as applicable), the U.S. Trustee, and all parties who have filed a request for notices under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002.
(b) The chapter 7 or 13 trustee, as applicable, determines the form of the written interrogatories.
(c) The debtor must file an original copy of the debtor's answers to written interrogatories and serve a copy on the chapter 7 or 13 trustee, as applicable.