Important Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding 30 Day Comment Period Concerning Changes to Local Forms Chapter 13 Plan and Motions and Notice of Chapter 13 Plan Transmittal

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE BAR AND PUBLIC

THIRTY DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CONCERNING
CHANGES TO LOCAL FORMS, CHAPTER 13 PLAN AND MOTIONS AND
NOTICE OF CHAPTER 13 PLAN TRANSMITTAL

Please be advised that the Board of Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey has approved for publication for a thirty-day public comment period, a draft of proposed local forms, Chapter 13 Plan and Motions and Notice of Chapter 13 Plan Transmittal.

The changes to the Chapter 13 Plan and Motions and its publication for comment are in anticipation of the Court adopting a local form plan under the provisions of Fed. R. Bankr. P 3015.1 (anticipated effective date of December 1, 2017).

The anticipated effective date of the revised Chapter 13 Plan and Motions and Notice of Chapter 13 Plan Transmittal is August 1, 2017.

For ease of reference, the following link may be accessed to review the proposed local forms: www.njb.uscourts.gov/localforms/comments

Comments may be submitted to the Court email address: local_rules@njb.uscourts.gov

Dated: May 10, 2017                                          Jeanne A. Naughton, Clerk