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Bankruptcy court

Middle District of Georgia

The Middle District of Georgia is the federal bankruptcy court for 70 counties in Georgia, divided into 5 divisions.

Divisions and counties served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s county. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Albany Division

18 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Georgia, official "Counties" page (five filing divisions) — Albany Division: Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Crisp, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Schley, Seminole, Sumter, Terrell, Turner, Webster, and Worth.

Athens Division

10 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Georgia, official "Counties" page (five filing divisions) — Athens Division: Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton.

Columbus Division

10 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Georgia, official "Counties" page (five filing divisions) — Columbus Division: Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot, and Taylor.

Macon Division

21 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Georgia, official "Counties" page (five filing divisions) — Macon Division: Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Dooly, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Upson, Washington, Wilcox, and Wilkinson.

Valdosta Division

11 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Georgia, official "Counties" page (five filing divisions) — Valdosta Division: Berrien, Brooks, Clinch, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas, and Tift.

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How the Middle District of Georgia runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

Chapter 13 plan form
This district requires its own local plan form

Bankr. M.D. Ga. official local form — Chapter 13 Plan Effective October 9, 2019 FILLABLE PDF VERSION

What the Middle District of Georgia publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 77 this court publishes.

Standing orders

General orders the court has entered that apply across cases rather than to one case.

Showing 12 of 47 this court publishes.

Fee schedules

What this court charges, as the court publishes it.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

www.gamb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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