Miscellaneous: EDKY Trustee Operations; Payroll Deduction Orders; E-Signatures

March 25, 2020 Local Rules and Forms / Practice Tips

This post covers more changes in operations and procedures caused by the COVID-19 crisis: my office operations; stopping payments by payroll deduction order; and e-signing petitions. Read on.

Amending a Plan Before Confirmation to Change Plan Payments

February 21, 2020 Feasibility / Plan Payments / Practice Tips

Debtors’ attorneys, if you have to amend a plan to increase plan payments before confirmation, don’t make this mistake and cause your clients to become delinquent. Read on for how to use the “payment schedule” in the plan.

Plan Payments by Payroll Deduction

August 25, 2017 Plan Payments / Practice Tips

Plan payments in the EDKY must be made by payroll deduction unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to by the trustee. Many debtors’ attorneys are inadvertently causing their clients to get behind in plan payments because the attorneys and their staff don’t know the rules. Keep reading for important reminders regarding payroll deduction orders and plan payments.