Local Rule LBR 4008-1: Reaffirmation

LBR 4008-1. Reaffirmation

(a) Reaffirmation Agreement Deficiency. If a reaffirmation agreement is not accompanied by the Reaffirmation Agreement Cover Sheet (Official Form 427) required under Bankruptcy Rule 4008(a), or if the cover sheet or the reaffirmation agreement is incomplete, the court may not consider a reaffirmation agreement for approval, or may find, without a hearing, that a presumption of undue hardship has not been rebutted to the satisfaction of the court. The cover sheet is incomplete if it does not contain the debtor's income and expenses as stated in the reaffirmation agreement and as stated in schedules I and J, together with an explanation of any differences between these amounts.

(b) Extension of Deadline to File Reaffirmation Agreement. A debtor's request to defer entry of a discharge and to extend the time to file a reaffirmation agreement by filing a motion conforming to the local form (Debtor's Motion to Defer Entry of Discharge and Enlarge Time to File Reaffirmation Agreement), generally will be considered ex parte. A motion for such relief by a party other than the debtor must comply with LBR 9013-1(c).