Please have your client(s) read the BANKRUPTCY INFORMATION SHEET before their examination. I will ask if they have read it at the meeting.
Bankruptcy Information Sheet - English
Bankruptcy Information Sheet - Spanish
Link to Bankruptcy Information Sheet in Other Languages
PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS 14 DAYS BEFORE YOUR MEETING OF CREDITORS (AND IN NO EVENT LATER THAN 7 DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING)
Please upload the following documents to my office using the Stretto document portal. If you need an invitation to upload to the Stretto document portal please contact Carolyn Bokinskie at bokinskie@portersimon.com
1. Proof of ID and SSN. This requires CLEAR copies of original proofs of identification and Social Security number. If proof of ID and/or SSN is missing the debtor will not be examined, and the meeting of creditors will be continued. You cannot show me the documents on the screen during the 341.
2. Tax Returns. A complete copy of federal and state tax returns. If the Debtor(s) has not filed returns for several years, please indicate.
3. Pay Advices. All pay advices for income, or other receipts, received by the debtor(s) for the period 60 days prior to the filing of the petition. If debtor(s) have many deposits for amounts other than shown on pay advices please explain the source.
4. Financial Accounts. Current statement for every financial bank account maintained by the debtor(s) covering the 30-day period to and including the petition date. A "statement" is not screen shots or photos from a debtor's phone. A failure to provide a statement including the petition date (the date the bankruptcy is filed) may result in a continuance of the meeting of creditors.
5. Retirement Assets. Current statement for every retirement asset.
6. Lien Statements and Kelly Blue Book. Private party value (NOT trade in value) for each vehicle, trailer, or other personal property capable of private party valuation by KBB or NADA. Also include current account statements evidencing any lien, and the amount thereof, against any property of the debtor's estate.
7. Life Insurance- Term and/or Whole Life. Current statement for every insurance policy.
8. Annuities. Current statement for every annuity.
9. Domestic Support Obligation Checklist (if applicable). This should be provided as a 521 document BEFORE the 341 date. DSO Form.pdf
10. Spousal Waiver (if applicable).
11. Statement of Debtor Not Represented by an Attorney (if applicable).
Attorneys - You will be asked to please confirm that you have personally verified the Debtor's identity and the identification documents and to confirm that the documents match the name of the Debtor and the identification number that appears on the notice of meeting of creditors.
If your client(s) need the help of an INTERPRETER, please email Carolyn Bokinskie prior to the meeting at bokinskie@portersimon.com.
IMPORTANT: Please note that the 341(a) Meeting of Creditors are subject to being reset IF Trustee Birnberg is contacted by a creditor who wishes to examine the Debtor after the video examination of the Debtor has already taken place.
