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RULE 1019-1. CONVERSION — PROCEDURE FOLLOWING

(a) Duties of Debtor on Conversion of Chapter 13 Case to Chapter 7. Within 14 days following the conversion of a Chapter 13 case to Chapter 7, the debtor must file— (1) a schedule of unpaid debts incurred after the filing of the petition, including the name and address of each claim holder; (2) a schedule of executory contracts and unexpired leases entered into or assumed after the filing of the petition; (3) if unpaid debts were incurred or executory contracts or unexpired leases entered into postpetition, a supplemental master address list in the form and manner required by E.D. Tenn. LBR 1009-1; and (4) such other amendments to the schedules, statements, and lists as are necessary to reflect any additions, deletions, or other material changes in the assets or liabilities of the debtor that have occurred since the filing of the petition.

(b) Duties of Chapter 13 Trustee on Conversion of Chapter 13 Case to Chapter 7. Within 30 days after the conversion of a Chapter 13 case to Chapter 7, the Chapter 13 trustee must— (1) pay first from any funds on hand any unpaid filing fee and second from any plan payments on hand, added to the estate by 11 U.S.C. § 1306(a)(1) and (2), those administrative expenses referenced in E.D. Tenn. LBR 2016-1(d), including the balance of an attorney fee award; (2) return to the debtor through debtor's attorney all remaining property in the possession of the trustee that was added to the estate by 11 U.S.C. § 1306(a)(1) and (2); (3) turn over to the Chapter 7 trustee all records and property of the estate, as of the date of the filing of the petition, in the Chapter 13 trustee's possession or control as required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1019(d); and (4) file a final report and account.

(c) Payment of Filing Fee. In the event the Chapter 13 trustee does not have sufficient funds on hand to pay the filing fee in full, the debtor must pay the balance of the filing fee within 45 days from the conversion of the Chapter 13 case to Chapter 7.

(d) Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1019 Not Supplanted. The requirements of this rule are not intended to supplant the requirements of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1019.