Local Rule 9029-1: LOCAL RULES - GENERAL

Local Bankruptcy Rule 9029-1 LOCAL RULES - GENERAL

(a) These rules govern practice and procedure in all cases and proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Alabama in accordance with section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9029.

(b) These rules apply generally to all bankruptcy cases and proceedings. Upon application of a party in interest and for good cause shown, the court may excuse a party in interest from compliance with a requirement of these rules provided compliance with such requirement is not both separately mandated by the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and outside the discretion of the court to excuse under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.

(c) These rules shall be interpreted in all circumstances to maintain their consistency with all acts of Congress and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and to avoid prohibition or limitation of the use of the Official Forms. In all cases not provided for by these Local Bankruptcy Rules or the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the court may regulate its practice in any manner not inconsistent with these rules or the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.

(d) These rules supersede and rescind all local rules and general orders entered prior to the effective date of these rules except those local general orders subsequently ratified and renumbered by this court upon adoption of these Local Bankruptcy Rules.