The schedule can be found here.

The schedule can be found here.

The schedule can be found here.

 NOTICE

Effective October 1, 2021, Kenneth E. West, Esquire, has been appointed to serve as Standing Chapter 13 Trustee in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, replacing William C. Miller.

Bankruptcy payments made 10/1/2021 or later must be made payable to Kenneth E. West, Standing Trustee. Payments made and/or mailed before 10/1/2021 that are made payable to William C. Miller will still be honored, even if received after 10/1/2021. The payments address remains the same – PO Box 1799, Memphis, TN 38101-1799.

If you make your payments through the TFS Bill Pay online payment service, you may continue making them as before; payments will still credit to your case.

Regarding wage orders, we will try to work with the Court to see if a general order can be issued to modify the orders without the necessity of multiple, individual motions.

Contact information for the Philadelphia office remains the same:

Kenneth E. West, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee
P.O. Box 40837
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Phone: 215-627-1377
Fax:     215-627-6299

If you have questions regarding this transition, please see our Frequently Asked Questions.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact our office at 215-627-1377.

NOTICE – effective June 14, 2021, some new and amended local rules and forms were adopted with respect to the EDPA Local Bankruptcy Rules. Among them were amendments to the local form Chapter 13 Plan. Given the effective date, this office will be requiring that in any case filed on or after the effective date of June 14, 2021 must utilize the revised plan form for this office to recommend confirmation. Commencing immediately, any amended plans should be on the revised form. Any old plan forms filed after September 15^th will be objected to by our office.

The revised form and other local rule changes can be found on the EDPA Bankruptcy Court site, https://www.paeb.uscourts.gov/news/amended-local-rules-effective-june-14-2021.

Notice

Chapter 13 trustee William C. Miller has a new mailing address. The new address is:

William C. Miller, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee
P.O. Box 40837
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Please note: the mailing address for debtor plan payments has not changed. The payments address can be found on the right side pane on this site.

Notice

There has been less than full compliance with the requirements of Local Rule 1007-4, as reproduced below (effective 12/01/17). This creates an unnecessary administrative burden on the chapter 13 office, and may prevent a thorough 341 meeting. Therefore, if there is a failure to comply with the rule by the originally scheduled 341 date, the meeting will not be held (unless and until there is compliance). Uploading pay advices to the chapter 13 office does not constitute compliance. Note also that under 11 U.S.C. §521(i)(1), the failure to comply within 45 days of the filing of the petition could result in an “automatic dismissal” of the case on the 46^th day after the filing of the petition.

Local Rule 1007-4 Submission of Evidence of an Employer’s Payments Within 60 Days of Filing the Petition

A debtor shall comply with §521(a)(1)(B)(iv) by filing with the court (1) the required payment advices (pay stubs), or (2) the documents available to the debtor accompanied by a statement that sets forth the reason why some payment documents have not been submitted and the debtor’s estimate of and other evidence, if any, of the payments received within the 60 day time period.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. § 521(e)(2)(A), DEBTOR(S) MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN FOR THE MOST RECENT TAX YEAR ENDING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CASE AND FOR WHICH A TAX RETURN WAS FILED.

FOR CASES DOCKETED IN 2021, DEBTOR(S) WHO HAS/HAVE FILED RETURN(S) FOR 2020 SHOULD BE PROVIDING THOSE 2020 RETURNS FOR THE 341 HEARINGS. IF A RETURN FOR 2020 HAS NOT YET BEEN FILED (SINCE IT IS NOT DUE UNTIL 4/15/2021), THEN PROVIDING A RETURN FOR 2019 IS ACCEPTABLE. AFTER 4/15/21, HOWEVER, THE 2020 TAX RETURN MUST BE PROVIDED.

Effective October 1, 2020, the trustee commission in cases assigned to William C. Miller will be 8.0%, which will be collected on plan payments as they are received.

As we have always recommended, for plan confirmation purposes, please continue to calculate the fee at the ten (10) percent statutory maximum, to avoid having plans which become underfunded due to possible percentage fee changes.

Please use this revised form to submit to our office. We are not requiring copies of government issued ID’s and Social Security cards. As the form indicates, we are relying on debtors’ counsel to review the appropriate documents and verify identity.

Declaration Form