US Trustee to get pay advices in all cases

Get your scanners and copiers warmed up folks....As noted in emails from the court and on the Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Court homepage:GENERAL ORDER No. 08-01

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PAY ADVICESThe Court’s Standing Order Regarding Filing of Payment Advices effective October 17, 2005 has been replaced effective June 23, 2008 by General Order No. 08-01 Regarding Pay Advices. For all Chapter 7 cases filed on or after June 23, 2008, pay...

US Trustee moved

The US Trustee has moved their office in Chicago.The new address will be:Office of the United States TrusteeDirksen Federal Court House219 South Dearborn StreetRoom 873Chicago, IL 60604The main telephone number (312) 886-5785 and fax number (312) 886-5794 willremain the same as will all individual employees’ numbers.Cook County Chapter 7 341 hearings will now be held at 219 S. Dearborn St. Room 800 in the Dirksen Federal Building as well.

Bankruptcy Audit’s suspended

This is a bit of interesting news about the random audits performed by the Department of Justice. Previously 1 in 200 cases was audited for accuracy. These audits consisted of independent review of paystubs, tax returns, bank statements, real estate documents and other related items associated with a debtor's bankruptcy case.

From the UST website:

NOTICE REGARDING DEBTOR AUDITS ...