Local Rule 1074-1: CORPORATIONS AND OTHER NON-INDIVIDUAL PERSONS
Bankr. M.D. Fla. — General rule
Rule 1074-1 CORPORATIONS AND OTHER NON-INDIVIDUAL PERSONS
(a) Representation by Counsel. Corporations, partnerships, trusts, and other persons who are not individuals may appear and be heard only through counsel permitted to practice in the Court under Local Rule 2090-1. Subject to this general rule, agents of non-individual persons may attend meetings of creditors under 11 U.S.C. § 341(a) and may, with the Court's permission, appear in connection with objections to claims and other limited matters.
(b) Voluntary Petition – Non-Individual Debtor. An attorney signing a voluntary bankruptcy petition for any non-individual debtor must file with the petition a certificate, resolution, or other applicable documentation demonstrating that the filing is authorized by the debtor.
_______________________ Notes of Advisory Committee 2023 Amendment This amendment adds new section (b) requiring the filing of documentation stating that a non-individual debtor authorizes the filing of a bankruptcy petition. This amendment to the rule is effective August 1, 2023.
2015 Amendment This amendment incorporates the Court's current practice permitting agents, such as employees or principals, of non-individual persons (e.g., corporations, limited liability companies, etc.) to attend meetings of creditors and, with the Court's permission, other hearings on objections to claims and other limited matters. This amendment to the rule is effective July 1, 2015.
1997 Amendment This amendment conforms the existing Local Rules to the uniform numbering system prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States and to the model system suggested and approved by the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference's Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. In renumbering the Local Rules to conform to the uniform numbering system, no change in substance is intended. This amendment to the rule was effective on April 15, 1997.
This rule was formerly Local Rule 1.08(d). The Advisory Committee Notes to the superseded rules may be helpful in interpreting and applying the current rules.