"Pay Advice"

[chicagochicago]

I filed for Chapter 13 and got assigned a court date of July 2 for the meeting of creditors. I was thinking I filed all the paperwork, but I just received a Notice of Motion from the trustee saying that there is a court date of July 28 and he would motion the court to dismiss for Failure to "provide pay advices" within 15 days of filing my chapter 13 petition.

Can someone please tell me what is a pay advice? Is it a form I need to fill out? I am self-employed and I don't get any w-2s. What can I show the trustee?

Can I bring this "pay advice" to the July 2 meeting of creditors and give it to the trustee? Will this prevent the July 28 Motion to Dismiss from happening? Or am I too late?

Thanks for any advice.

[kornellred]

Sounds like you are trying to file Chapter 13 pro se. Nice trick if you can get away with it! If you have a lawyer, then he or she should have gotten all your ducks in a row before the petition was filed.

Pay "advice" is just another term for pay stub - sounds more eloquent and legal. But since you are self-employed and you pay yourself, that makes it difficult for the trustee to determine if you are being totally honest. Thus, the motion for dismissal.