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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS STANDING ORDER NO. 24-2 ORDER GOVERNING CASE MANAGEMENT OF CHAPTER 7 AND CHAPTER 13 CASES IT IS ORDERED that if a case is filed under chapter 7 or chapter 13 on or after December 31, 2023, and if the individual debtor's residence (or, if the debtor is a corporation, partnership, or other business, the business debtor's principal place of business) is in Kansas in:

(a) Wyandotte County or Johnson County, the case shall be filed in and assigned to the Kansas City Divisional Office,

(b) Shawnee County or Douglas County, the case shall be filed in and assigned to the Topeka Divisional Office, or

(c) Sedgwick County or Butler County, the case shall be filed in and assigned to the Wichita Divisional Office.

If individual joint debtors reside separately in two of the counties listed above, the case shall be filed in and assigned to a Divisional Office based on the residence of one of the joint debtors.

Except as otherwise provided above, the case may be filed in any Divisional Office.

This order is effective from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, and expires on July 1, 2025. Standing Order 23-1 governs cases filed from December 31, 2023, through and including June 30, 2024. Standing Order 23-1 shall then be abrogated effective July 1, 2024.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 6th day of June 2024.

s/Dale L. Somers DALE L. SOMERS Chief Judge s/Robert D. Berger ROBERT D. BERGER Judge s/Mitchell L. Herren MITCHELL L. HERREN Judge