Automatic Dismissals

11 U.S.C. § 521 (i) requires that an individual debtor file certain papers within forty-five (45) days of the filing of a petition or the case is automatically dismissed. In confirmed Chapter 13 cases where it appears that the debtor(s) has timely filed the required documents, the confirmation order will include language indicating that the case is not subject to dismissal under § 521 (i)(1 ), and that the debtor is not required to file any further document pursuant to § 521 (i)(2).

In individual Chapter 7 cases where it appears that the debtor has timely filed the required documents, no sooner than 45 days following the filing of the petition the Court will enter an order indicating that the case is not subject to dismissal under § 521 (i)(1 ), and that the debtor is not required to file any further document pursuant to § 521 (i)(2). 

This order shall be effective January 4th, 2016. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that General Order 2007-5, Automatic Dismissals, filed March 2, 2007, is vacated. 

Susan D. Barrett
Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge

John S. Dalis
United States Bankruptcy Judge 

Edward J. Coleman, III
United States Bankruptcy Judge

Lamar W. Davis, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge

Dated this 20th day of November, 2015.