The Court is proposing edits to its local rules and to the Chapter 13 plan form, to be effective December 1, 2020. Click here for a complete set of the proposed amendments. Deadline for comments is 5:00 PM on Thursday, November 19, 2020.
The Court has provided updated information about how it will conduct hearings. You can read the notice here.
The Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit is seeking applications from all qualified applicants for a bankruptcy judge position for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana with a duty station in South Bend. Click here for more information and how to apply.
Check out PACER’s newly redesigned, informational and resource website, https://pacer.uscourts.gov.
The website provides information about how the public can access federal court records electronically and have easy access to PACER and PACER-related applications. New features include:
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana has issued General Order 20-0008, setting new policies in Chapter 13 cases resulting from the CARES Act. Those policies concern notices of mortgage forbearance and requests to extend plan terms for up to seven years. For specifics, read the General Order here.
Effective immediately, all in-person chapter 7, 12, and 13 section 341 meetings scheduled through April 10, 2020, are hereby continued until a later date to be determined. Click here for more information.
The Court’s ECF Administrative Policies and Procedures, which have the same effect as a local rule pursuant to Local Rule B-5005-4, provide that an attorney may use the accepted e-signature format for a debtor client on a document filed with the Court if the attorney possesses the original document with the debtor’s wet signature. Click here for more information.
On April 22, 2019, the Court began using a new internal calendar and chambers case management program called CHAP (Chambers Automation Program). We are pleased to announce the newest version of the ChapMobile App will be released soon. If you are a current App user, you should receive an updated notice from your device’s app store. Click here for more information.
The Small Business Reorganization Act (“SBRA”) takes effect on February 19th. SBRA establishes a new Subchapter V within Chapter 11 and will result in changes to forms and to ECF events on its effective date. For more information click here.
