CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR UPCOMING 341
MEETING TO BE CONDUCTED BY ZOOM
At least 7 days prior to your
meeting date, I must receive a completed Zoom Registration Form either via the
Document Delivery Portal or via email to trustee@k-jlaw.com
. Please include the Debtor’s name and the date of the meeting in the
e-mail’s subject line. A copy of the Zoom Registration Form can be found at the
Bankruptcy Court’s Website. Only if the Debtor is appearing by phone rather
than video and the attorney has not been able to verify the debtor’s
identification, a Verification of Identification and Social Security Number
Form (“Verification Form”), which is found at the bottom of the Zoom
Registration Form, must be provided to me at least 3 days prior to the meeting,
along with copies of their ID and social security card.
2. When signing into Zoom for the Meeting, it is very
important that all parties (counsel and debtors), use their full name and/or
the case number & Debtor’s name for identification so I can invite you to
the meeting from the virtual Waiting Room when your case is called. If the
Debtor is appearing by phone only, make sure I have their phone number so that
I can identify them in the waiting room. If I cannot identity who is in the
waiting room, this leads to delays and I will place you at the end of the days’
call.
3. Debtors and Counsel must be ready to have the
meeting held as soon as you are placed in the meeting room.
3. All Debtors are still required to provide 60 days of pay
advises and tax returns to me 3 days prior to the meeting. If I do not receive
pay advices, tax returns or a zoom registration at least 3 days prior to the
meeting date, the meeting will be continued.
4. Debtors and counsel are to be at a set location, and not
in transit (this includes walking down the hallway for several minutes while I
and everyone else on the call have to wait), so that full attention can be
given to the questions being asked and background noise can be controlled
better.
5. Only debtors and their counsel and creditors or
interested parties will be allowed on the connection, i.e., no “moral support”
or supplementary answers to be provided by friends or family.
6. As always, Debtors will be asked if they received and
have read a copy of the Bankruptcy Information Sheet from the Office of the US
Trustee. Counsel, please make sure that you have provided a copy of the
Bankruptcy Information Sheet to your clients and that you have reviewed it with
them.
7. During the meetings, Debtors must be prepared to identify
their signatures on the: a) Petition, b) Schedules; and, c) Statement of
Financial Affairs. Attorneys should make sure that their clients are prepared
to do so. All Debtors must have the following documents in front of them during
the meeting: a) Signature page from the Voluntary Petition; b) Declaration of
Schedules; and, c) Signature Page of the Statement of Financial Affairs
(including any amendments).
TAX RETURNS AND PAY ADVICES
Meetings will not be held if I do not receive via Document Delivery (preferred method) or email (do not mail tax returns or pay advices) each Debtor’s most recently filed tax returns and pay advices at least 48 hours ago. If you send the 341 documents by e-mail to trustee@k-jlaw.com, include both the debtor’s name and meeting date in the subject line. If the Debtor does not have recent tax returns or pay advices because of unemployment/lack of sufficient income, please notify me of this prior to the meeting date and/or provide an affidavit.
Translation Services-Please notify me prior to the meeting date if the Debtor will be requiring a translator.
In general, please refer to the Instructions regarding Zoom Meeting of Creditors.
Address any questions (including a request for a continued date) via email to trustee@k-jlaw.com.
Thank you,
