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B-3070-1. WAGE ASSIGNMENT ORDERS IN CHAPTER 13 CASES

(a)   Trustee’s Authority to Require Wage Assignment Order

The Chapter 13 Trustee may at any time request an order directing the Debtor’s employer to remit plan payments.

(b)   Procedure

The trustee may:

(1)     submit a proposed order  to pay (the “Wage Assignment Order”) directing a Debtor’s employer to remit to the trustee the payment stated in the Debtor’s plan – including amended plans and motions for post-confirmation modification or in a confirmation order; or

(2)    require the Debtor to submit the Wage Assignment Order within seven days.

(c)   Service of Orders

The party who tendered the order shall serve a copy of the signed order on the entity to which the order is directed, the trustee, and the Debtor.

(d)   Required Orders

All Wage Assignment Orders remain effective, unless terminated, throughout the pendency of the Chapter 13 case, unless filed by Chapter 13 Trustee, within 14 days of the event requiring the amendment or termination of a Wage Assignment Order, the Debtor shall submit:

(1)    a proposed amended Wage Assignment Order when the plan payment is modified;
(2)    a new proposed Wage Assignment Order when the Debtor changes employer; and/or
(3)    a proposed Order Terminating Wage Assignment for Debtor when the Debtor changes employer, upon the filing of the Chapter 13 Trustee’s Notice of Plan Completion, when the case is dismissed, or upon conversion as required by S.D.Ind. B-1019-1(e).