New Items and Announcements

The Judicial Conference of the United States has published its "Revision of Certain Dollar Amounts in the Bankruptcy Code Prescribed Under Section 104(b) of the Code" (the "Revision").

The Revision increases dollar amounts in certain sections of Titles 11 and 28. These adjustments are effective for cases filed on or after April 1, 2007. A copy of the Revision may be accessed by clicking on the link below.
Revision of Certain Dollar Amounts Prescribed Under 104(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Security Code Now Required on Payment Screen
Effective February 1, 2007, all CM/ECF users will be required to complete the credit card security code field when paying fees through the pay.gov system. The credit card security code is printed on the back of the credit card and is usually 3 digits. The field for the security code has been on the data entry screen in ECF, but its use has been optional. This nationwide change making entry of the code mandatory is being implemented to help protect credit card holders from erroneous charges.

New Filing Fees Effective January 1, 2007
During its September session, the Judicial Conference approved several changes to the Bankruptcy Miscellaneous Fee Schedule. The following fee changes will take effect on January 1, 2007.

Conversion of a Chapter 13 to a Chapter 7 will increase from $15 to $25

Conversion of a Chapter 12 to a Chapter 7 will increase from $15 to $60

Conversion of a Chapter 12 to a Chapter 13 will increase from $0 to $35

Chapter 15 reopening fee will increase from $0 to $1000

Chapter 7 reopening fee will increase from $220 to $260

Chapter 13 reopening fee will increase from $150 to $235

Fee to split a Chapter 7 will increase from $220 to $260

Fee to split a Chapter 13 will increase from $150 to $235

Fee for filing an appeal or a cross appeal will remain at $255. However, a direct appeal or a cross appeal to the Court of Appeals will require an
additional $200 filing fee.

A complete, updated filing fee schedule can be found in the Court Information section of this site.

ECF 3.1
ECF Release 3.1 will be installed on the evening of October 16, 2006. The system will be down from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., October 17, 2006. Please review the following documents for changes:

ECF Release 3.1 Changes
ECF Release 3.1 Attorney Training

Substitution and Withdrawal of Attorney

General Order 29.

Request for Global Attorney Substitution Form and Sample Precedent

Judge Evans now allows negative noticing of objections to claims, and of 362(c)(3) and 362(c)(4) motions. (added 2/8/06)

Local Rules (Effective 1/12/2006). (added 1/12/06)

General Order 28. (added 1/12/06)

General Order 27. (added 1/12/06)

New and Revised Official Forms effective 10/17/05.

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act page.

September 14, 2005 two airlines filed in the Southern District of New York, Manhattan Division.
Website: www.nysb.uscourts.gov

Their information is as follows:

Delta Airlines - Case No. 05-17923(PCB)
Judge Assigned: Prudence Carter Beatty
Telephone # to direct queries: 404-715-2554
Website: www.deltadocket.com

Northwest Airlines - Case No. 05-17930(ALG)
Judge Assigned: Alan L. Gropper
Telephone # to direct queries: 612-726-2111
Website: www.nwarestructuring.com

Increase in Fee for Adversary Proceedings under Item 6 of the Miscellaneous Fee Schedule for Bankruptcy Courts (effective 09-20-05)

Effective August 28, 2005, Netscape version 4.7 will no longer function for CM/ECF users making fee payments by Internet credit card. Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher is the only browser “officially supported” (by Pay.gov), but we believe that newer versions of Netscape along with Firefox will still work properly.

Proposed Revisions to Bankruptcy Courts Local Rules: (dated 04-25-05)
Notice to the Bar and to the Public
Proposed Local Rules

Supreme Court Ruling in reference to Rousey 03-1407, Bankruptcy Case 3:02-ap-07049 (dated 04-05-05)

New Bankruptcy Form(Form B210): Notice of Transfer of Claim Other Than for Security (dated 01-21-05)

New ECF Credit Card Authorization Screens: Effective 09-30-04 online pay screens will change. Please see the Notice of Credit Card Payment Procedures to view the changes.

Unclaimed Funds List (added 07-27-04): Unclaimed funds are funds held by the court for an owner or recipient who is entitled to the money but who failed to claim ownership of it. Most unclaimed funds arise when dividends (assets) are distributed to creditors pursuant to settlement of a bankruptcy case, but the property goes unclaimed. Some are the result of refunds to the debtor from his estate. In both cases the original attempt to distribute the funds was unsuccessful and the funds were deposited into the United States Treasury pursuant to 11USC section 347(a).

At this time, the report is not searchable by keyword; however, the entire report has been provided free of charge to assist in your search. You must have Acrobat Reader to view this file. To obtain a free copy of the most current version of Acrobat Reader, please visit www.adobe.com.

If you discover unclaimed funds belonging to you, click here for instructions to claim the funds.

ATTENTION - NEW PROCEDURE IN JUDGE EVANS’ COURT, EFFECTIVE 05-01-04:

Relief from Co-Debtor Stay. In accordance with 11 U.S.C. § 1301(d), motions for relief from co-debtor stay that are made under 11 U.S.C. § 1301(c)(2) will not be heard unless an objection is filed as provided in the following hearing notice language (hearing notices sent out on or after May 1, 2004, will include this language):

NOTICE TO CO-DEBTORS: Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1301(d) (applicable only in Chapter 13 cases), if the motion for relief from co-debtor stay is made under §1301(c)(2) (the debtor’s plan does not propose to pay creditor’s claim), a debtor or co-debtor must file a written objection to the motion within twenty (20) days of the date of this notice, or an order granting the relief requested, as to the co-debtor, will be entered without further notice or hearing.

The moving party will be responsible for submitting to the Court a proposed order granting the relief requested.

PLEASE NOTE THAT UNLESS A CREDITOR SPECIFICALLY MOVES UNDER AND CITES § 1301(c)(2), THE CO-DEBTOR RELIEF FROM STAY WILL REMAIN ON THE DOCKET UNLESS SETTLED PRIOR TO HEARING! (added 04-28-04)

On April 1, 2004, automatic adjustments to the dollar amounts stated in various provisions of the Bankruptcy Code will become effective. These amended dollar amounts will apply to cases filed on or after April 1, 2004. These amended dollar amounts will affect the eligibility of a debtor to file under Chapter 13, certain maximum values of property that a debtor may claim as exempt, the maximum amount of certain claims entitled to priority, the minimum aggregate value of claims needed to commence an involuntary bankruptcy, and the value of "luxury goods and services" deemed to be nondischargeable. Two of the Official Bankruptcy Forms contain references to several of the affected dollar amounts. Accordingly, Official Form 6E, Schedule of Creditors Holding Claims Entitled to Priority, and Official Form 10, Proof of Claim, will be changed. (added 03-19-04)

Policy Re: Requests for Notice Filed by Out-of-State Attorneys (added 03-17-04)