Click here to get a copy of your bankruptcy discharge.
The United States Trustee Program maintains a list of Approved Credit Counseling Agencies and Approved Debtor Education Providers
Instructions for ordering a copy of your bankruptcy paperwork can be found here.
National Bankruptcy Forms and Local Bankruptcy Forms can be found here.
The Clerk’s Office does not maintain plan payment records. That information is maintained by the Chapter 13 Trustee for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and you can visit their website here and see the status of plan payments.
The Clerk’s Office cannot provide legal advice. The decision whether to file bankruptcy and, if so, which chapter to file under, is a legal decision.
To learn about the Self Help Program run by the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association where you can meet with a volunteer attorney, please visit this page.
To learn more about bankruptcy please visit this page.
The Clerk’s Office cannot provide legal advice. The required forms, schedules and statements vary depending on which chapter of the Bankruptcy Code a petition is filed under.
To learn about the Self Help Program run by the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association where you can meet with a volunteer attorney, please visit this page.
To learn more about bankruptcy please visit this page.
The name of the trustee assigned to your case is on the notice of your meeting of creditors sent to you at the start of your case. The trustee’s phone number and email address are also on that notice.
The name of the trustee assigned to your case is on the notice of your meeting of creditors sent to you at the start of your case. The trustee’s phone number and email address are also on that notice.
For certain Chapter 11 cases, tax returns must filed with the Petition.
For consumer Chapter 7 cases, you must provide your assigned trustee with a copy of your last filed return. Questions on how to provide the return to your trustee can be addressed to your assigned trustee.
For Chapter 13 cases, you must be current with the filing of your local, state and federal tax returns, and you must provide the Chapter 13 Trustee with a copy of your last filed federal tax return. Questions on how to provide that return can be directed to the Chapter 13 Trustee. See: https://pamd13trustee.com/contact/
The Court does not report anything to the credit bureaus. Credit bureaus monitor the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system to gather information about bankruptcies filed across the nation. The Court is unable to provide any assistance with information maintained by any credit bureaus.
The Clerk’s Office cannot provide legal advice and does not have answers regarding the distributions in any case. Some general guidelines regarding distributions are noted below:
In a Chapter 7 proceeding, distributions will be made if the Chapter 7 Trustee has discovered an asset which can be administered for the benefit of creditors, those assets have been fully administered, the Chapter 7 Trustee has filed his Trustee Final Report with the Court, and it has been approved by the Court. Sometimes, it takes a long time to fully administer the assets of a Chapter 7 case.
In a Chapter 11 proceeding, distributions are made according to the confirmed Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”), and you must consult the Plan for details regarding those distributions.
In a Chapter 13 case, distributions will begin after a debtor’s Plan has been confirmed by the Court and the Chapter 13 Trustee has received Plan payments from the debtor to support a distribution.