Important Information Regarding the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

• Interim Rules and Official Forms Implementing the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
  
  
• General Orders pertaining to the new law
  
  
• The U.S. Trustee Program provides:
  1. A List of Approved Credit Counseling Agencies Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 111.
     
     
     • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Credit Counseling
       
       
  2. A List of Approved Providers of Personal Financial Management Instructional Courses (Debtor Education) Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 111.
     
     
     • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Debtor Education
       
       
  3. A contact page for complaints or concerns related to approved Credit Counseling Agencies or Debtor Education Providers.
     
     
  4. Information on Means Testing (Chapter 7).
  
  
  
• Poverty guidelines
  
  
• NCRS - National Creditor Registration Service
  
  
• Request for Thirty-Day Extension to File Credit Counseling Certificate
  
  
• Request for Waiver of Debtor's Duty to Comply with the Credit Counseling Requirement Under Section 109(h)(4)
  
  
• Individual Debtors: Debtor Education Requirement in Addition to Credit Counseling Requirement (Chapter 7 and 13 Cases; Certain Chapter 11 Cases).
  
  
• Official Form 23 ["Debtor's Certification of Completion of Instructional Course Concerning Personal Financial Management"]
  
  
• Reaffirmation Agreement
  • Local Form 240A - Reaffirmation Agreement
  • Local Form 240B - Motion for Court Approval of Reaffirmation Agreement
  • Local Form 240C - Order on Reaffirmation Agreement
  
  
  
• Checklists and Instruction Sheets for Individual Debtors
  1. Chapter 7
  2. Chapter 11
  3. Chapter 12
  4. Chapter 13
  5. Instruction Sheet – Landlord/Tenant under § 362(b)(22) and (l)
  
  
  
• Cover Sheet for Direct Appeal of a Bankruptcy Court Decision   WORD | WP