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Providence, RI 02903
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Public Notices


1/21/2008 Effective Immediately: In accordance with U.S. District Court General Order 2007-05, the $50.00 filing fee for a Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice shall be made payable to the "Bar Fund" instead of "Federal Board of Bar Examiners".
1/16/2008 Notice and Proposed Amendments to Local Rules. Comments should be submitted, in writing, no later than February 5, 2008.  Comments can be submitted to the Court electronically via email to comments.
1/1/2008 Please take notice: Bankruptcy Official Forms 22A, 22B, 22C (the "means test"), and the data tables used to complete these forms were amended effective January 1, 2008. Forms 22A and 22C may be down loaded from the US Court's website. Form 22B may also be found on the Court's website. The data tables used to complete these forms are located on the U.S. Department of Justice website, or may be reached from our website.
12/1/2007

NEW BANKRUPTCY RULES NOW EFFECTIVE
General amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure became effective Dec. 1. Amendments include changes to Bankruptcy Rules 1014, 3007, 4001, 6006 and 7007.1, along with new Rules 6003, 9005.1, and 9037. Click here for a copy of the amended and new rules that went into effect Dec. 1.

NEW BANKRUPTCY FORMS EFFECTIVE 12/1/2007. Click here for a list of the amended forms. You can also access the news forms in writeable format on our forms page.

8/17/2007 Proposed amendments to federal rules and Official Forms. Comment period ends 2/15/08.
3/30/2007

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

3/15/2007 LBR 1005-2 Adoption effective March 15, 2007
Order Adopting LBR 1005-2
Notice of Adoption