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Bankruptcy Basics: Form 1 Pre-Filing Notification to Creditors of Representation

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Re: [debtor]

Dear [name]:

Please be advised that this office represents the above-captioned individual(s) with respect to their alleged debt to [creditor]. We are presently preparing a bankruptcy petition that will shortly be filed.

We are requesting that all further communications concerning this matter be directed to us. If you have any questions concerning the above, please feel free to call me. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 3 Letter to Client Requesting More Information

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Re: Bankruptcy No. [number]

Dear [name]:

Thank you for completing your bankruptcy questionnaire and providing most of the information we requested. However, we will need some additional information in order to complete your bankruptcy papers. Please provide information and copies of documents for the items checked below:

Your Household Income and Expenses

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 7 Debtor’s Motion for Temporary Waiver of Credit Counseling Requirement Based on Exigent Circumstances

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[Caption: Official Form 416A]

Debtor’s Motion for Temporary Waiver of Credit Counseling Requirement

Debtor hereby requests that this Court, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 109(h)(3), grant a temporary waiver of the requirement under section 109(h)(1) that she receive budget and credit counseling. In support of this motion, the debtor states as follows:

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 14 Motion to Keep Prior Name Confidential

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[Caption: Official Form 416A]

Debtor, by her counsel, hereby moves that she be excused, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 107(c), from disclosing on her bankruptcy petition a former name used within the past eight years. In support of her motion she avers:

1. Debtor’s former husband, with whom she lived in a different state, was extremely abusive toward her.

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 15 Application and Order for Waiver of Miscellaneous Fees

[Caption: Official Form 416A]

Application for Waiver of Miscellaneous Administrative Fee20

1. The debtors filed a voluntary chapter [number] bankruptcy petition contemporaneously with this application.

2. The debtors believe they are entitled to relief under chapter [number].

3. The debtors are indigent and are unable to pay the miscellaneous administrative fee or give security therefor.

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 17 Debtor’s Amendment of Schedules

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[Caption: Official Form 416A]

Debtor’s Amendment of Schedules

The Debtor in the above-captioned case hereby amends schedules D and E/F by substituting the attached amended schedules for those originally filed, pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1009.

Date:

[signature]

Attorney for Debtor

Certificate of Service

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 19 Letter to Creditors Giving Notice of Stay

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[creditor, address]31

Re:[debtor], Bankr. No.[number], District of [name], [debtor address], [Social Security number]

Dear [name]:

Please be advised that I represent [debtor].

On [date], a voluntary petition pursuant to chapter [chapter number] of the Bankruptcy Code was filed on [debtor]’s behalf at the court and number indicated above.

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 20 Motion for Continuation of Automatic Stay in Case Filed Within One Year After Dismissal of Prior Bankruptcy Case

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[Caption: Official Form 416A]

Motion for Continuation of Automatic Stay

The Debtor hereby moves this Court, pursuant to section 362(c)(3)(B), for an order continuing the automatic stay provided under section 362(a) as to all creditors [or insert names if limited to particular creditors]. In support of this motion, the Debtor states as follows:

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 26 Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Plaintiff [debtor], by their attorney, hereby moves this Court, pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 7065 for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction against Defendant [name of defendant] on the basis of:

1. Plaintiff’s verified Complaint.

2. Without immediate relief from this Court, Plaintiff will suffer irreparable harm.

3. Plaintiff is very likely to prevail in this proceeding.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff requests that this Court

Bankruptcy Basics: Form 30 Complaint to Enjoin Termination of Utility Service for Nonpayment of Deposit by Debtor Current on Her Utility Payments

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[Caption: Official Form 416D]

Complaint to Enjoin Termination of Utility Service for Nonpayment of Deposit by Debtor Current on Her Utility Payments

1. This action is brought by Plaintiff, [debtor], Debtor in the above-captioned bankruptcy case, to enforce her rights to continued electric service under the Bankruptcy Code and state law.