The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 ("the Act") was enacted into law on April 20, 2005, and the Judicial Conference of the United States prepared Interim Bankruptcy Rules for cases filed on or after October 17, 2005 ("Interim Rules"), to implement the substantive and procedural changes mandated by the Act.
On October 13, 2005, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia adopted these Interim Rules in General Order 2005-2.
New rules and amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure will take effect on December 1, 2008, and will supercede the Interim Rules.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that General Order 2005-2 is vacated as of December 1, 2008.
Dated this 21st day of November, 2008.
Lamar W. Davis, Jr.
Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge
John S. Dalis
United States Bankruptcy Judge
Susan D. Barrett
United States Bankruptcy Judge