Local Rule 3015-3: CHAPTER 13 — CONFIRMATION

RULE 3015-3. CHAPTER 13 — CONFIRMATION

(a) Objections to Confirmation. To be timely, an objection to confirmation of a Chapter 13 plan must be filed with the clerk of court before the scheduled time of the original or any continued 11 U.S.C. § 341(a) meeting of creditors, except that an objection to confirmation will be timely if it is announced on the record during a meeting and then formally filed with the clerk of court on or before the day the meeting is concluded. An objection filed beyond the time fixed in this rule will not be considered unless the court, for cause, extends the time. An objection must set forth the grounds relied on by the objecting party and must contain a certificate evidencing service on the debtor, the debtor's attorney, and the Chapter 13 trustee.

(b) Court Consideration of Plan. If no objection to the plan is filed, the court may confirm the plan without a hearing on the submission of a proposed confirmation order by the Chapter 13 trustee in the form required by Local Form 3015.5. If a party in interest objects to plan confirmation, the court will conduct a hearing. The court has determined that it would be in the best interests of creditors and the estate to hold confirmation hearings at a time earlier than 20 days after the date of the 11 U.S.C. § 341(a) meeting of creditors if there is no objection to such earlier time. Unless a written objection to such earlier time is filed in the same manner and by the same deadlines as an objection to confirmation as provided in subdivision (a) of this rule, the confirmation hearing will (absent a contrary agreement of the objecting parties and the debtor) be— (1) in the Northern and Northeastern Divisions, the first scheduled time for confirmation hearings that is at least 7 days after the completion of the § 341(a) meeting of creditors; or (2) in the Southern and Winchester Divisions, the first scheduled time for confirmation hearings that is at least 14 days after the completion of the § 341(a) meeting of creditors. In the event a written objection to the scheduled time of the confirmation hearing is timely filed, the confirmation hearing instead will be (absent a contrary agreement of the objecting parties and the debtor) the first scheduled time for confirmation hearings that is at least 20 days after the completion of the § 341(a) meeting of creditors.