Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9014(e) effective December 1, 2002 requires the court to “provide procedures that enable parties to ascertain at a reasonable time before any scheduled hearing whether the hearing will be an evidentiary hearing at which witnesses may testify.” In order to meet that requirement, it is hereby ORDERED that unless the notice of hearing provides to the contrary, all hearings before the court are evidentiary hearings at which witnesses may testify.

John S. Dalis
Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge

Lamar W. Davis, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge 

James D. Walker, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge 

Entered at Savannah, Georgia this 7th day of February, 2003.