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statement will be inserted in section 4.d.(2) which reads
“
The total payout to unsecured creditors at <percentage>%
is $<total dollar amount>.
”
(Only applies to the standard Best Case Plan.)
Print separate exemption schedules for joint debtors? Normally there is just one exemption schedule. This option
allows you to print separate exemption schedules for the husband and wife. If you do check this option, you will
need to specify for each item on Schedule C whether the husband or wife is claiming the exemption.
Don’t print “
<$10
”
text on BC standard 13 Plan: This option refers to the text on the 13 Plan that reads
“
provided
that where the amount or balance of any unsecured claim is less than $10.00 it may be paid in full.
”
If you check this
option, this phrase will be excluded. (Only applies to the standard Best Case Plan.)
Chapter 11: Sort Form 4 by amount rather than name? This option applies only to Chapter 11 cases. By default,
Form 4. List of Creditors Holding 20 Largest Unsecured Claims is sorted by creditor name. If you have this option
checked, creditors on Form 4 will be sorted by the amount of the unsecured portions of the claims, in descending
order.
Print attorney sig. line on BC standard 13 plan: Normally, just a debtor signature line will appear but if you check
this option, a line will appear for the attorney also. (Only applies to the standard Best Case Plan.)
Print Certification of Non-Attorney Petition Preparer? This refers to the certification section that can be printed at
the bottom of some of the forms. If an attorney is representing the debtor, there is no need to print the certification.
The actual non-attorney Certification and compensation forms can be printed from the Additional Documents
Library. (See page 207.) To enter the non-attorney information, see page 314.
Print Form 3 Installments order on same page as application? Normally, the application to pay filing fee
installments is printed on one page and the order approving the application is printed on another, but if you check
this option they will be printed on the same page.
Form 3: Cash Only: Inserts a line in the Order to Pay Filing Fee in Installments that reads: ALL PAYMENTS
MUST BE MADE BY CASH, U.S. POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER OR CASHIER’S CHECK.
Print attorney name/bar # on Voluntary Petition page 1: Until the amended forms became mandatory in March of
1998, the attorney’s name appeared on both pages of the Voluntary Petition. The Administrative Office of the U.S.
Cou
rts decided that it was repetitive to have the attorney’s name on both pages, and removed the attorney name
from the first page. However, some local courts still prefer to have the attorney name on the first page, since this
page gives a brief summary of the whole case. In response to customer and court preferences, we now give you the
option of putting the attorney name on the first page of the Voluntary Petition. If you check this option, the attorney
name will print at the bottom of the filing fee section and on the second page.
Verification of Creditor Matrix: No debtor signature
–
the default format is to print a debtor’s signature line but no
line for the attorney’s signature
. If you
check this option, the debtor’s signature line will be excluded. (Doe
s not
apply to custom local verification formats.)
Verification of Creditor Matrix: Include attorney signature line: On the Verification of Creditor Matrix, some courts
require the attorney’s signature be included in addition to or instead of the debtor’s.
If your court requires the
attorney’s signature on the Verification, put a check here. (Does not apply to custom local verification formats.)
Include attorney verification text: If checked, an additional paragraph will appear on the Verification stating that the
attorney has checked the matrix against the actual schedules and that the clerk can rely on the matrix to be accurate.
(Does not apply to verification formats for custom local plans.)
Text for right corner of caption: This option was added for users in the Eastern District of New York who need to
put an attorney code in the caption of each form. (Note that this option does not apply if you merge the forms in
your word processor to print. If you merge, you will need to edit the document yourself to add this text.) If you are
in the Eastern District of NY, enter either:
the law firm’s 9 digit tax id, or