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Need Help with CH 7 issue

mlpntr
03-03-2007, 10:46 AM
I'm a little confused as to the status of my filing fee. I went to the ECF site and it shows my filing fee was received and entered on 2/26/07. I paid it in full via cashiers check. The only flags were "MEANSNO"
Today I went back in to check the status and it shows that an amended order for an installment agreement was set up on 3/2/07. The flags now read "FeeDueINST, MEANSNO"
Why would an installment agreement be set up after I already paid the filing fee in full? Is this just a clerical error or am I expected to pay the fee a second time? I have completed my debt management and counseling class and should be set for discharge.

I filed chapter 7 on 11/29/06 with the fee waiver. 341 was 1/2/07 and I paid my filing fee on 2/21/07 in full. My deadline for claims is 3/5/07. So far no claims. It still says awaiting discharge.

CASE SUMMARY:
Case type: bk Chapter: 7 Asset: No Vol: v Honorable Judge: John H. Squires
Date filed: 11/29/2006 Date of last filing: 03/02/2007

Office: Chicago Filed: 11/29/2006
County: DuPage Terminated:
Fee: Installment Discharged:
Origin: 0 Reopened:
Previous Term: Converted:
Disposition: Dismissed:
Joint: n
341 Meeting Date: Meeting Time:
Confirmation Hearing: Hearing Time:
Pending Status: Awaiting Discharge
Flags: FeeDueINST, MEANSNO

bige1030
03-03-2007, 03:17 PM
Yep, clerks screw up with this sometimes. The clerk at my bankruptcy court forgot to indicate my filing fees as paid when they were...and that held up my discharge for over a month.

You should talk to the court clerk about it. Be prepared to present your check stub or a photocopy of the check to refresh their memory...after all, the clerk's office sees tons of cases. (I don't know if you can get a copy of the cancelled cashier's check - that'd be great if you could show them that.)

mlpntr
03-03-2007, 06:06 PM
It shows in my BK dockets that it was received and issued a receipt number.

This is what the entries read..........

02/26/2007 18 Receipt of Chapter 7 Filing Fee - $299.00 by RD. Receipt Number 03155854. Payment received from Melissa Pointer. (Entered: 02/27/2007)

02/28/2007 19 Amended Order Denying Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Related Doc # 3). First Installment Payment due by 4/2/2007. Second Installment Payment due by 6/1/2007. Third Installment Payment due by 8/1/2007. Signed on 2/28/2007. (Seldon, Katrina) (Entered: 03/02/2007)

mlpntr
03-05-2007, 08:42 AM
Called the clerk today and he said everything was fine and it shows my filing fee as paid. Today is the last day for objections/claims. I'm on pins and needles. I have a no asset Chapter 7 and so fire everything has gone smooth. I filed prose!!

CATCHMEIFYOUCAN
03-06-2007, 12:53 AM
Another "PRO-SE-er" WOW .. good luck to you ! YOU DESERVE it without having a lawyer!

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