*** Bankruptcy Timeline ***
Bankruptcy Timeline :::
6 Years Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
1 Year Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
180 Days Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
90 Days Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
60 Days Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
Bankruptcy Filed :::
Commencement of Case :::
15 Days After Bankruptcy Filed :::
About 18 Days After Bankruptcy Filed :::
Court Mails Notice of Commencement of Case
Approximately 18 days after your case is commenced, the court mails a Notice of Commencement of Case to you and to the creditors you have included in your mailing list. The notice contains meeting date, deadlines for objections to discharge and for filing Proofs of Claims.
You can call the court's Automated Information Line to get the meeting date even before the notice is mailed. ---
20 Days After Chapter 13 Plan Filed :::
Chapter 13 only: Deadline to Notice Chapter 13 Plan
In the District of Arizona, your attorney must mail notice of your Chapter 13 Plan to all creditors within 20 days after the Chapter 13 Plan is filed. If you do not have an attorney, you must arrange for mailing of the notice with a company approved by the court to do such mailings.
District of Arizona Local Rule R2083-4, but modified specific order in each case; other districts may have different rules ---
30 Days After Bankruptcy Filed :::
30 Days After Chapter 13 Plan Filed :::
About 6 Weeks After Bankruptcy Filed :::
45 Days after Statement of Intentions Filed :::
Discharge entered in Chapter 7 case
Court rules require that the discharge be entered "forthwith" after the expiration of the time for objecting to discharge or moving to dismiss the case. The time for those objections expires 60 days after the first date set for creditor's meeting.
The discharge is not absolute or final. The trustee can ask that the discharge be set aside if you do not turn over non-exempt property, and for other violations of the debtor's duties.
Bankruptcy Rules 4004(c)(1), 4004(a), 1017(e) ---
180 Days After Bankruptcy Filed :::
Deadline for governmental unit to file Proof of Claim
A governmental unit, such as the Internal Revenue Service, must file its Proof of Claim within the commencement of the case in order to share in payments from the estate.
Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c)(1) ---
3 Years from First Plan Payment :::
5 Years from First Plan Payment :::
6 Years Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
1 Year Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
180 Days Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
90 Days Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
60 Days Before Bankruptcy Filed :::
Bankruptcy Filed :::
Commencement of Case :::
15 Days After Bankruptcy Filed :::
About 18 Days After Bankruptcy Filed :::
Court Mails Notice of Commencement of Case
Approximately 18 days after your case is commenced, the court mails a Notice of Commencement of Case to you and to the creditors you have included in your mailing list. The notice contains meeting date, deadlines for objections to discharge and for filing Proofs of Claims.
You can call the court's Automated Information Line to get the meeting date even before the notice is mailed. ---
20 Days After Chapter 13 Plan Filed :::
Chapter 13 only: Deadline to Notice Chapter 13 Plan
In the District of Arizona, your attorney must mail notice of your Chapter 13 Plan to all creditors within 20 days after the Chapter 13 Plan is filed. If you do not have an attorney, you must arrange for mailing of the notice with a company approved by the court to do such mailings.
District of Arizona Local Rule R2083-4, but modified specific order in each case; other districts may have different rules ---
30 Days After Bankruptcy Filed :::
30 Days After Chapter 13 Plan Filed :::
About 6 Weeks After Bankruptcy Filed :::
45 Days after Statement of Intentions Filed :::
Discharge entered in Chapter 7 case
Court rules require that the discharge be entered "forthwith" after the expiration of the time for objecting to discharge or moving to dismiss the case. The time for those objections expires 60 days after the first date set for creditor's meeting.
The discharge is not absolute or final. The trustee can ask that the discharge be set aside if you do not turn over non-exempt property, and for other violations of the debtor's duties.
Bankruptcy Rules 4004(c)(1), 4004(a), 1017(e) ---
180 Days After Bankruptcy Filed :::
Deadline for governmental unit to file Proof of Claim
A governmental unit, such as the Internal Revenue Service, must file its Proof of Claim within the commencement of the case in order to share in payments from the estate.
Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c)(1) ---
3 Years from First Plan Payment :::
5 Years from First Plan Payment :::
