Local Rule B-1009-1: Amendments

B-1009-1 Amendments

(a) (1) An amendment to a voluntary petition, list, schedule or statement shall be made in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1009 and shall be accompanied by a separate notice of amendment which shall identify the document amended, the general purpose of the amendment, and state the information added, deleted or changed by the amendment. Each amendment shall be verified and signed as in the original document. No amendments by interlineation shall be permitted. Except by leave of court, the entire document which the amendments affect shall be reproduced. In order to accommodate the possibility of multiple amendments, each amendment shall be numerically identified.

(2) To correct the address of a scheduled creditor, the BNC Bypass Notice may be used. The BNC Bypass Notice may not be used to add a previously unscheduled creditor.

(b) If a schedule of creditors (Schedule D or E/F) is amended to add previously unscheduled creditors, the amendment shall also be accompanied by a supplement to the matrix of creditors. This supplement shall contain the name and address of the added creditor(s).

(c) Debtor shall serve a copy of the notice of amendment upon the United States trustee, any trustee, any committee and/or the entities included on any list required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(d), and all entities affected thereby, including any added creditors, and file proof thereof along with the amendment.

HISTORICAL AND REGULATORY NOTES By Order Making Technical Amendments to Local Bankruptcy Rules dated November 25, 2015, this rule was amended to change the phrase "Schedule D, E, or F" to "Schedule D or E/F."

By Order Amending Local Bankruptcy Rules dated October 31, 2011, this rule was amended to allow the use of the BNC Bypass Notice to correct the address of a previously scheduled creditor.

By General Order 2005-02 dated September 22, 2005, this rule was revised to change the way in which changed or added information is indicated when a document is amended.