Local Rule RULE 1006-2: FEES-INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS; WAIVER OF FILING FEES
Bankr. D. Mass. — General rule
RULE 1006-2. FEES-INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS; IN FORMA PAUPERISWAIVER OF FILING FEES
(a) (a) The Court, upon application of an individualA debtor or joint debtors, may permit payment of seeking to pay the case filing fee in installments. At the time of filing, such debtor(s)shall pay one-third of the applicable filing fee, and except for cause shown upon motion of the debtor(s), the balance shall be paid in three (3) equal payments in intervals not greater than thirty (30) days.file a signed application using Official Form 103A. Failure to make any installment payment timely shallmay result in dismissal of the case. No discharge shall enter until all required filing fees are paid in full. Applicable filing fees are set forth in Appendix 3.
(b) (b) In lieu of paying the filing fee or filing an installment application (Official Form 103A), An individual chapter 7 debtor or joint debtors may file an application for seeking a waiver of the filing fee. The application for waiver of the filing fee, or any balance thereof must conform substantially to, shall file a signed application using Official Form 103B.
(1) (1) The Court may allow the application without a hearing or, in its discretion, scheduleIf the Court schedules a hearing on the application. If a hearing is scheduled, the Court will notify the debtor(s) by mail or telephone as to the date and time of the hearing on the application for the waiver. The debtor(s) must appear at the hearing.
(2) (2) If, with or without a hearing, the Court denies the application for the waiver of the filing fee, then the debtor(s) shall pay the filing fee in full or in installments as provided above. The first installment is due within seven (7) days ofdirected by the entry ofCourt. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court's order denyingCourt, the application for the waiver. The debtor(s) may also elect to pay the filing fee in full in which case full payment willin full or first installment payment shall be due within seven (7) days of the entry of the Court's order denying the waiver application for the waiver. .