IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that when a Chapter 13 plan is filed, the Trustee will direct the debtor’s employer to withhold from debtor’s wages an amount equal to the proposed payments under the debtor’s plan. Debtor’s employer will act on the Trustee’s Notice to Commence Withholding as provided for in this Order. 

If the debtor does not wish to be subjected to wage withholding, a motion must be submitted with the petition for direct pay to the Trustee setting forth why wage withholding would not be in the best interest of the debtor, the creditors, or the Chapter 13 Trustee. Absent the filing of such a motion, withholding will commence the first pay period following the filing of the plan and service of the Notice to Commence Wage Withholding on the debtor’s employer. 

The debtor shall notify the Chapter 13 Trustee of any changes in employment and/or withholding subsequent to the filing of the plan whereby the Chapter 13 Trustee shall file an amended Notice to Commence Wage Withholding with the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that General Order 2007-2, Chapter 13 Plan Payments, filed March 2, 2007, is vacated.

Susan D. Barrett
Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge

Lamar W. Davis, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge

John S. Dalis
United States Bankruptcy Judge