Local Rule LBR 1007-1: Lists, Schedules, Statements, and Other Documents

LBR 1007-1 Lists, Schedules, Statements, and Other Documents

(a) Form. All schedules and statements shall conform substantially to the most recent version of the Official Bankruptcy Forms available at www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/forms/bankruptcy-forms. In individual cases, Schedules A/B through J must be filed. In all other cases, Schedules A/B and D through H must be filed.

(b) Filing of Schedules and Statements. Schedules and statements must be filed as one PDF document and collated in the following sequence:

(1) Petition.

(2) Statement of Financial Affairs.

(3) Schedules A/B through J.

(4) Official Bankruptcy Forms B 122A, B, or C, including the Means Test Calculation and Calculation of Your Disposable Income, if appropriate.

(5) Summary of Assets and Liabilities.

(6) Declaration About Schedules.

(7) Disclosure of Compensation of Attorney for Debtor Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2016(b).

(8) Statement of Intention for Individuals Filing Under Chapter 7, if appropriate.

(9) List of Creditors Who Have the 20 Largest Unsecured Claims and Are Not Insiders in Chapter 9 or 11 Cases, if appropriate.

(10) Verification of Creditor Mailing List with list of creditors in matrix format attached.

(c) Paper or Electronic Copies at 341 Meeting. The debtor must have a complete paper or electronic copy of the signed petition, schedules, statements and lists at the 341 Meeting so that parties may reference them when examining the debtor.

(d) Statement About Your Social Security Number. An individual debtor is required to file with the petition the Statement About Your Social Security Number on Official Bankruptcy Form B 121. To keep the social security number private, it must be filed using the event "Statement re: Social Security Number – Form 121" in CM/ECF which will cause this information to be restricted from the public.

(e) Failure to Timely File Schedules. If the debtor fails to file all schedules and statements required by Bankruptcy Rule 1007, and no extension of time has been requested or granted, the court may issue an order to show cause or notice why the case should not be dismissed, unless the provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 521(i) apply, in which event the case may be dismissed in accordance with LBR 1007-8.

(f) Credit Counseling – Request for Temporary Waiver and Extension of Time. If, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 109(h)(3), the debtor seeks a temporary waiver of the credit counseling requirement and requests an extension of time to (a) complete that counseling and (b) obtain and file with the court a certificate of credit counseling, the debtor shall file a motion in the form of LBF 1007-1.