Is your Chapter 13 case close to discharge? Are you almost finished making payments? Learn what steps you’ll need to complete your Chapter 13 plan payment next.
Firstly, congratulations, you’re almost done with your Chapter 13 plan payment and now your wondering what to do next? That’s fine. We’ve heard this question on more than one occasion. Once your ready and you’ve completed your payments, your assigned Chapter 13 trustee will complete an entire review of your Chapter 13 case. He or she will go through your case and ensure you have successfully satisfied all the requirements listed in your “Order Confirming the Chapter 13 case”.
If you are wondering where to find the “Order confirming the Chapter 13 case” feel free to contact your attorney or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. If you are one of our clients feel free to contact us, we will be sure to point you in the right direction and give you anything you need to complete this portion of your case.
Once you have successfully complied with the Order Confirming the Chapter 13 case, your trustee will then file his or her report of the completed plan. This process may take up to 60-90 days, however, there have been cases that the process takes less time or more time. It just depends on the current caseload of the trustee, not that they’ve forgotten about you.
After the report from the trustee has been filed, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court will mail you a form titled “Certification of Eligibility for Chapter 13 Discharge“. You will need to sign the Certificate of Eligibility for Chapter 13 Discharge and send this back. Be sure to through the complete discharge paperwork that has been mailed to you, and look for the signature areas that will be on the reverse sides of the pages.
If you have completed your second Counseling course, you will only need to sign the certification and mail or hand deliver the form to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Arizona at 230 North 1st Avenue #101, Phoenix, AZ 85003 (Google Maps). Once the Clerk of the Court receives the form, they will file the Certificate and within 30 days you will receive your discharge, which is the conclusion of your Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. If you have not completed your second counseling course, than you will need to do that as soon as you most possibly can. To schedule the Financial Management Course you can simply contact the same company you used for your first counseling course to complete this second course. If you are unsure who you may have used last time when you did your Financial Counseling, give us a call at (602) 262-4357 or contact us and we would be more than happy to provide you with this information.
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I have filing for charter 13 around 6 or 7 Yr ago I finish but after that I did take the class. So what I need to do
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Will I get back any money I over paid
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Hello. We will be making our last chapter 13 bankruptcy payment this month. I just learned by accident that my Attorney has been suspended. What does that mean for my case?
We are close to finishing our chapter 13 plan. We were on a five year plan, with 60 payments. Do we discontinue making the payment after our 60th one has been posted, or do we have to continue until we are discharged?
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As long as you confirm that you have successfully completed the 60th month, you should be able to stop further payments. Confirm with your assigned trustee or contact your attorney if any.
My chapter 13 was complete the end of june this year .The payments autmaticly come out of my check will they stop on their own or do i have to cotact my attorny to have the payments stopped
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What happens once you receive the stop payment from the Trustee? I called and they said my final payment had been processed and was closed. Once they send it to the court, it could take 30-45 days to receive discharge papers. I’m just curious as to what takes place once my closed case is sent to the court? What information do they review other than ensuring I’ve made all payments in a timely manner, taken both classes and completed the DSO?
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I am not one of your clients, but the information on this site was really helpful. I am in my 55th month and I am on my way to completing the program. I do have questions, but I will refer to my attorney because my trustee does not take calls/questions from the bankruptcy debtors. Thanks
My husband is at his 50th month of payments on his Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Is there anything different regarding his bankruptcy within this time frame? Does the trustee re review anything in his last year?
Does he need to do anything different than the previous years?
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I received a letter stating my case was paid out. What is the next step
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I made my last payment this month I received a letter today wanting me to pay back 51 percent is this normal
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I received an “Order Of Discharge under 11 U.S.C 1328a is granted…So confused does this mean we are finished with our chapter 13???
Chapter 13 trustees notice of plan completion and if applicable request for order terminating the employee wage deduction order what that means
what happen if my income grow 20,000 after finish my 60 month payment in chapter 13.
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What happen if I finish my bankruptcy 13 on the 26th of this month and I received something that saying that I still owe and my attorney filed for a continuance how do this work why am I still owning and I work with the plan
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What happens to veterans affairs back pay that is sent to chapter 13 trustee. Will I get that money. I thought it was exempt.
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I hope I am off the hook for a car loan the lender filed a lower cliam than my claim. The lender filed a claim of 3000.00 and my loan amount on the car was 12000.00 in a 100 percent payment plan filed a motion in july to surender the car and keep the chapter 13 plan creditor did not come get the car.
Paid of the claim amount for the credit chapter 13 is ending early. Debt will not be discharged filed too soon. Attorney says that I will be off the hook because they filed a lower claim. Does that sound right?
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Have a question. We made our last bankruptcy payment and we want to close on a house. Will we run into problems with the trustee
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I was on a 5 year plan when I filed Bankruptcy. I used an local Attorney’s office and had a Trustee to whom I paid my monthly payments. I had income property and got approval to sell prior to the 5 year plan. I asked for a payout balance which was required by Title Co in order to close on time. However when I went to Title Co on Closing day I was informed that they were ordered to submit all proceeds to Trustee and he would then pay all payments to creditors instead. This was on Sept.30th. I see on the “ndc bankruptcy website” and Trustee’s website as well that it shows “completed, closed as well as Certificate of Final Payment”. My question is when can I expect to receive my proceeds that are due me as it shows the check # of payment to me but as it is now almost 6 weeks since closing I am getting frustrated. Do I need to wait for Discharge papers to be filed ? Any info would be appreciated.
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I have a question I am near completion with one note remaining ,do I have to take another class upon completion in order for my case to be closed
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