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Local Bankruptcy Rule 1009-1 AMENDMENT TO PETITIONS, LISTS, AND SCHEDULES

(a) If a debtor or the debtor's attorney amends any schedule to include an additional creditor, the debtor or the debtor's attorney shall send a summary of amendment which, in a chapter 11 or chapter 13 case, includes the notice described in paragraph (b) to any affected party and to the trustee. The summary of amendment must contain a clear statement of what creditor(s) is added, including the name and address of the creditor, the amount owed and the type of claim added.

(b) The notice to be included is:

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULES The debtor has amended his or her bankruptcy schedules to include additional creditors. This amendment may decrease the amount paid to you under any plan. If you have any objections to the amendment, you must file them in writing, stating the specific ground(s) upon which your objection is based with the Clerk of Court, 201 St. Louis Street, Mobile, AL 36602, and serve a copy on the debtor and the debtor's attorney. You must file an objection within 14 days of the date you receive your copy of the amendment.

(c) When a petition, list, schedule, or statement is amended as provided by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1009, it shall be accompanied by a Cumulative Statement of Amendment which describes each specific amendment which is being made and which has previously been made.

(d) In each instance in which the schedules, statement of affairs, statement of executory contracts or lists are amended, each schedule affected by the amendment shall be re-filed in its entirety, unless otherwise authorized by the court. Such amendments shall consist of all pages of each schedule, statement, or list being amended, and shall not be submitted on a line-by-line basis.