Chapter 13 Trustee’s Notice of No Contact

(Indianapolis and New Albany divisions only)

General Information

• After the Court has issued a consultation notice, the debtor has 21 days to make contact with the trustee.  If the debtor fails to make contact, their case is eligible to be dismissed immediately upon notification from the trustee.

• The trustee will file a Notice of No Contact to trigger the dismissal, which is a docket only event (no PDF document is used).

• The Notice of No Contact event should not be used if filing one of the following specific notice types (each of these events has its own option under Trustee/US Trustee in ECF):

• • Notice of Failure to Abide by Settlement

  • Block Scheduling (if contact was made but no agreement was reached)

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Log into CM/ECF

2. Select Bankruptcy > Trustee/US Trustee

3. Enter the case number (e.g, xx-xxxxx), click Next

4. Select Notice of No Contact and click Next

5. External Users Only: Check box if jointly filing with another attorney, click Next

6. Click to highlight party. Click Next. If the party is not listed, click Add/ Create New Party

7. If no new attorney(s) or party was added, skip to next step. If a new attorney or new party was added to the case, check appropriate box(es) to create an association between the attorney and party, click Next. If the associations are not correct, do not check any box, click Next

8. If there is more than one objection on the docket, a list of these is displayed. Select the objection to which the Notice of No Contact relates then click Next. (If there is only one objection on the docket, the system automatically selects it without displaying any docket entries.)

9. Verify the final docket text; if correct, click Next to submit your document(s).

Note: The Notice of Electronic Filing displays giving you the document number. Copies of this notice are immediately e-mailed to all participants who receive electronic notification in the case.