Cm/Ecf Version 3.3 Info

Effective March 9, 2009 - The Court will go 'live' on CMECF Version 3.3. Please review the following PDF documents regarding the upcoming changes to CM/ECF.

• What's New in 3.3 for Attorneys
• What's New in 3.3. for Pacer Users

Effective March 1, 2009 -- all pro se debtors will be required to show proof of identification in order to file bankruptcy, or the filer must have a power of attorney authorizing them to file on behalf of another person. Please read the following documents for more information.

• General Order 09 001
• Notice to Debtors Filing a Bankruptcy Petition Without an Attorney (Pro Se Debtors)

Effective December 19, 2008

The National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008, Pub.L. 110-438, provides a temporary exclusion from the bankruptcy means test for Reservists and members of the National Guard called to active duty or homeland defense activity after September 11, 2001, for at least 90 days. The Judicial Conference has approved an amendment to Official Form 22A which includes a new Part 1C where qualifying debtors can invoke the temporary exclusion from the means test. The amended form will be effective on December 19, 2008, the same time the statute is effective.
In addition, the Judicial Conference has approved transmitting proposed Interim Rule 1007-I to the courts for adoption as a local rule to implement the Act.
Click here for additional information and filing instructions. The Official Form and Interim Rule are posted on the pending forms page at: http://www.uscourts.gov/bankform/index.html."

Changes to the Director’s Procedural Bankruptcy Forms, Effective December 1, 2008

An amendment to Director's Procedural Form B 201 and new Procedural Form B 283 will be effective on December 1, 2008. Copies of amended Form B 201, Notice to Individual Consumer Debtor, and new Form B 283, Chapter 13 Debtor's Certifications Regarding Domestic Support Obligations and Section 522(q), are posted on the pending forms page at: http://www.uscourts.gov/bankform/index.html.

Form B 201 has been amended to advise debtors that Rule 4002 requires the debtor to notify the court of any changes in the debtor's address. As revised, Form B 201 also states that joint debtors who list the same mailing address on the bankruptcy petition generally will receive a single copy of each notice mailed from the bankruptcy court in a jointly-addressed envelope, unless the debtors file a statement with the court requesting that each spouse receive a separate copy of all notices.

New Form B 283 may be used by debtors to certify that they have complied with two of the requirements set out in Section 1328(a) of the Bankruptcy Code for a discharge in Chapter 13. If the court has adopted a local form for making these certifications, the debtor should use that new form instead of Form B 283.

Congress has taken no action on the amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Procedure, approved by the Supreme Court on April 23, 2008. Accordingly, the following amendments to the rules will take effect on December 1, 2008:

• Bankruptcy Rules 1005, 1006, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1015, 1017, 1019, 1020,2002, 2003, 2007.1, 2015, 3002, 3003, 3016, 3017.1, 3019, 4002, 4003, 4004,4006, 4007, 4008, 5001, 5003, 6004, 7012, 7022, 7023.1, 8001, 8003, 9006, 9009,and 9024, and new Bankruptcy Rules 1021, 2007.2, 2015.1, 2015.2, 2015.3, 5008, and 6011;

Notice of Adoption of Amendments to Local Bankruptcy Rules, Forms, and Appendices effective December 1, 2008.

Special note: R.I. Local Forms P.3 and P.4 have been abolished.

R.I. Local Rule 5005-4 (Electronic Filing) has been amended to require that the electronic filer retain original documents containing original signatures for two years after the case is closed.

R.I. Local Rule 3015-1(Chapter 13 Plan) - Sets forth new service requirements for Motions to Modify Secured Claims.

R.I. Local Rule 4001-1(Relief from Automatic Stay) now requires the filing of new R.I. Local Form R in cases filed by individuals where the debtor has not indicated on their Individual Statement of Intention an intent to surrender the subject property.

On April 1, 2007, automatic adjustments to the dollar amounts stated in various provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and one provision of Title 28 of the United States Code will become effective. The amended dollar amounts will apply to cases filed on or after April 1, 2007. Click the link below to access the 7 new forms affected by the dollar amounts.

http://www.rib.uscourts.gov/FedLocalBapRules/04/FormChanges4_07.htm