United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine

12/05/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/05/2021 07:35

Amendments to Bankruptcy Rules and Official Form 122B Effective December 1, 2021

Amendments to Bankruptcy Rules and Official Form 122B
Effective December 1, 2021

Amendments to Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

  • 2005-Apprehension and Removal of Debtor to Compel Attendance for Examination
  • 3007-Objections to Claims
  • 7007.1-Corporate Ownership Statement
  • Official Form 122B-Statement of Your Current Monthly Income

Information about the Rule amendments can be found here, and information about the amendment to the Official Form can be found here.

In addition, effective December 1, 2021, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has designated any entity that receives 100 or more paper bankruptcy notices in a single calendar month as a high-volume paper notice recipient pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036(b)(2)(B) (as amended effective December 1, 2021) (the "Rule"). The threshold number of paper notices that will cause a notice recipient to be designated as a high-volume paper notice recipient pursuant to the Rule will be reviewed annually and may be adjusted once a year, effective on December 1st of each year.

Once the threshold paper notice amount is reached, the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) will notify the notice recipient that it must register for Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing (EBN) or that, if the recipient does not register within 45 days of the date of the notification, the BNC will establish an electronic address where the Director designates the recipient to receive its notices pursuant to the Rule.

Amendments to Bankruptcy Rules and Official Form 122B