Porter

A.   Chapter 7 Cases

The court requires use of the district’s form Chapter 13 Plan implemented on January 1, 2023, for cases filed or after that date.

Unless otherwise ordered, Debtors in cases under the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (Subchapter V of Ch. 11) shall comply with the court’s

[Note: This section does not apply to cases under the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (new Subchapter V of Ch. 11), eff. February 19, 2020]

A.   Scheduling Conferences

Counsel should comply with the provisions of BLR 9021-1 and 9022-1, except as updated through amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, effective December 1, 2024.

In the event a discovery dispute arises, the parties shall meet and confer in good faith to attempt to resolve the issues.

The Court expects professionals employed pursuant to section 327 of the Code to promptly file and serve applications requesting approval of their employment.  Professionals who perform significant services prior to filing and serving an application requesting approval of their employment should consider requesting nunc pro tunc approval of their employment.  The Court does not require nunc pro tunc approval when the employment application is filed and properly served within 30 days of the commencement of work by the professional.

A.   Text-Searchable Portable Document Format