Bankruptcy Basics: Aid 5 Best Practices for Document Production Requests by Trustees in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases
Shortly after the effective date of BAPCPA, the United States Trustee Program (“USTP”) reviewed its document production requirements and decided that USTP staff would not routinely request from debtors any documentation that is not otherwise required by the Bankruptcy Code (“Code”) or Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (“Rules”). The USTP similarly notified chapter 7 and chapter 13 trustees that we did not require them to collect additional documents without a specific need for additional information.