Local Rule Rule 3015-3: Chapter 12 or 13—Confirmation.

Rule 3015-3. Chapter 12 or 13—Confirmation.

(a) Failure to File Tax Return. If a taxing authority objects to confirmation because the debtor has not filed a tax return, and the agency has not withdrawn its objection before the confirmation hearing, the debtor must demonstrate to the court that the return has been filed.

(b) Chapter 12.

(1) Hearing Notice. Upon filing of a plan, the court will prepare a notice of confirmation hearing and deliver it to the debtor for service.

(2) Order. A debtor must, no later than seven days before the confirmation hearing, deliver to the trustee a proposed confirmation order on LBF 1255.05. Upon entry, the clerk will deliver a copy to the debtor for service on all interested parties.

(c) Chapter 13.

(1) Except as set forth in (4) or in LBF 1355.05, a confirmation objection must be filed and served on the debtor within 14 days after the meeting of creditors concludes.

(2) The debtor must submit to the trustee a proposed confirmation order on the version of LBF 1350 prescribed by the court's website at https://www.orb.uscourts.gov/forms/all-local-forms. If no objection to the proposed plan is timely filed, the debtor must submit the proposed order no later than 21 days after the meeting of creditors concludes. The trustee must review, approve if appropriate, and lodge the proposed order no later than seven days before the date set for the confirmation hearing. The court will review and consider entering an approved proposed order without a hearing.

(3) If the trustee has filed an objection, the trustee's subsequent lodging of a proposed order constitutes a withdrawal of the objection.

(4) The court will not consider an untimely filed confirmation objection unless the objector files with the objection a motion to treat the objection as timely, stating with particularity the facts constituting cause to do so.