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Announcements

Vacancy Announcement: The Sixth Circuit Judicial Council is soliciting applications from persons interested in appointment as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Lexington.   More Information

Considering filing bankruptcy on your own, or want to know more about how it works?  Check out the brief Bankruptcy Basics videos on the www.uscourts.gov website.  (Note: Clicking this hyperlink will direct your browser off the Kentucky Eastern Bankruptcy website.)

New Standing Order effective December 1, 2008, repealing Standing Order of October 17, 2005 (adopting Interim Bankruptcy Rules) and retaining Interim Bankruptcy Rule 5012.   Also New Standing Order effective December 19, 2008 adopting Interim Rule 1007-I, as a local rule.

  Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure took effect on December 1, 2008. The amendments and new rules implement substantive and procedural changes to the Bankruptcy Code made by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. They will also supersede interim Bankruptcy Rules adopted generally by the bankruptcy courts in October 2005 when most provisions of the Act took effect. Because the new rules will supersede the interim rules on December 1, 2008, bankruptcy courts have been advised to repeal their interim rules when the new rules take effect on December 1, 2008. The amendments and new Bankruptcy Rules are posted at: http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/supct0408.html

  Electronic Learning Modules for Attorneys for CM/ECF version 3.2

Filing Fee payment announcement August 28, 2008 for all filers who use credit or debit cards to pay filing fees due the court.  Review it in Word or PDF format.    

Standing Order effective March 7, 2008 governing Objections to Confirmation

Beginning Monday, March 10, 2008, our Court implemented the Reduced Paper Module (RPM) within CM/ECF. This feature eliminates mailing of paper notices through the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) to registered CM/ECF e-mail recipients. This removes the need for registered users to sort through duplicate paper and electronic notices. Under RPM, debtors, creditors, and other parties not registered as CM/ECF users continue to receive paper notices through the BNC. Since e-mail will be the only method of service to registered users, it is extremely important that all registered users update their e-mail address immediately in the event of a change. It is up to the attorney to ensure that they receive e-mail notices in a timely manner. An attorney can run the “Activity in My Cases” Report to verify what e-mails they should have received. The Clerk’s office cannot re-send any lost e-mails. However, the Clerk’s office will make every effort to ensure that e-mail delivery failures due to isolated circumstances beyond the recipient’s control are delivered when the problem is identified.

New Privacy Rules December 1, 2007: On December 1 amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure implementing the E-Government Act of 2002 become effective.The amendments require that personal identification information be redacted from documents filed with the court — individuals' SSN and taxpayer ID numbers, names of minor children, financial account numbers, dates of birth, and, in criminal cases, home addresses.  More info 

New Standing Order effective 11/5/07 governing Maximum Transcript Fee Rates. 

Beginning January 2008 hearing dates will be:
LONDON: First Wednesday after the 3rd Tuesday
LEXINGTON / FRANKFORT: First Thursday after the 3rd Tuesday.
No other divisions are affected, and hearing times remain the same.
As of 2007, all Frankfort motion day hearings are heard at Lexington (2nd floor courtroom) beginning at 10:00 a.m. See Standing Order effective June 1.   Full calendar.

Important notice about protecting your CM account from keylogger 

New Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing Options available

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