Important Notice to the Bar and Public Thirty-Day Public Comment Period Concerning Adoption and Amendment of 2020 Local Bankruptcy Rules and Forms

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE BAR AND PUBLIC
Thirty-Day Public Comment Period Concerning Adoption
and Amendment of 2020 Local Bankruptcy Rules and Forms

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 2020 amended Local Bankruptcy Rules and new and amended local forms as
highlighted below:

D.N.J. LBR 3011-1. Unclaimed Funds in Cases Under Chapter 7, Subchapter V of Chapter 11,
Chapter 12, or Chapter 13

  • Application for Payment of Unclaimed Funds
  • Order Granting Application for Payment of Unclaimed Funds

D.N.J. LBR 3015-2. Modified Chapter 13 Plan and Motions

  • Chapter 13 Plan and Motions (modified Note in Part 7 and added Note in Part 9)

D.N.J. LBR 3016-1. Chapter 11 Plan or Disclosure Statement and Related Forms

  • Subchapter V Status Report
  • Small Business Debtor’s Plan of Reorganization [or Liquidation] for Subchapter V Small Business Cases

 

D.N.J. LBR 5005-1. Filing and Service of a Document

D.N.J. LBR 6007-1. Abandonment

D.N.J. LBR 9013-2. Motions: Filing and Service; Hearing Date

D.N.J. LBR 9037-1. Privacy Protection for Transcripts

The proposed Local Bankruptcy Rules and new and amended local forms are attached for ease of reference.

Dates for public comment and implementation are set forth as follows:

  • April 14, 2020 - Publication of draft rules for public comment.
  • May 14, 2020 - Close of public comment period.
  • May 15, 2020 - Consideration of comments received by the Board of Judges of the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
  • May 22 - June 30, 2020 - Submission of draft rules for formal approval by the Board of Judges of the District Court for the District of New Jersey.
  • August 1, 2020 - Effective date of 2020 Local Bankruptcy Rules.

By approving a publication draft, the Board of Judges solicits comments from bankruptcy professionals and members of the public.

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

                                       Dated: April 14, 2020                                    Jeanne A. Naughton, Clerk