RULE 2017-1 PAYMENT OR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO ATTORNEY BEFORE ORDER FOR RELIEF

Modified 12/1/01

(a) In addition to those instances when required under the Bankruptcy Code and Rules, a fee application conforming to the standards set forth in R.I. LBR 2016-1 shall be filed within twenty (20) days of any order requesting it, when an attorney for either a chapter 7 or 13 debtor or a document preparer has charged a fee that exceeds the amounts listed on Appendix IV;

(b) The Court may order disgorgement of all fees and any other appropriate sanction for the failure to timely comply with the requirements of this LBR.

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