Practice Tips for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Attorneys in the Eastern District of Kentucky, by Beverly M. Burden, Trustee
For attorneys representing chapter 13 debtors who have been affected by the recent and devastating floods in eastern Kentucky, here is some information to assist you in counseling your clients about their chapter 13 cases.
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.
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 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.
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