The bankruptcy court is hosting an informational meeting about the Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program, which matches volunteer speakers with local schools for the purpose of exposing students to basic credit concepts. For information about the meeting, click here.
The Court recently implemented programming changes that allow ECF users to speed up the process of opening a larger docket by limiting the data that appears on the docket. For details, review the new entry in the Procedures Manual, found here:
http://www.insb.uscourts.gov/content/viewing-docket-case
Note: selection of the options that speed up docket loading doesn’t “stick” – that is, you have to select them as to each docket you want to see. Loading speed is only improved significantly for lengthy dockets.
The Court has posted a notice of Courtroom Deputy changes taking effect immediately. Click here for more information.
The Court has posted a notice of process changes taking effect February 5th, particularly as to use of filing instead of certificate date for calculation of deadlines and quality control for statement of consent. You can read the notice here.
On April 16, 2018, the court community will be upgrading its Case Management/Electronic Case Filing System (CM/ECF) to the Next Generation of CM/ECF (NextGen). This upgrade will provide users with several benefits including Central Sign-on: the ability for e-filing attorneys to access any NextGen court they practice within using one login and password. The Indiana Southern Bankruptcy Court plans to upgrade to NextGen April 16, 2018.
The Judges have edited the form order granting applications to pay fees in installment. For more information, please click on the link below.
Change in Installment Fee Order
The United States Bankruptcy Court is accepting applications for a part time Financial Specialist in its Indianapolis office. Deadline to apply is December 29, 2017. Please click on the link below for more information and how to apply.
Financial Specialist I
NOTE: Employment information is available in PDF format.
The following CM/ECF updates will take effect the weekend of December 3, 2017:
Update to Substitution of Appearance Event
The Court has posted a notice about some of the major changes taking effect December 1st, particularly as to ECF events. You can read the notice here.
The Court has entered three general orders. The first, 17-0001, adopts amendments to the local rules. The second, 17-0002, adopts a new local Chapter 13 plan form that must be used for all plans and amended plans filed on and after December 1st.
The third order, 17-0003, adopts a new installment fee schedule, to accommodate changes in Fed.R.Bankr.P. 1006.
