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Bankruptcy court

Northern District of Indiana

The Northern District of Indiana is the federal bankruptcy court for 32 counties in Indiana, divided into 4 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.

Fort Wayne Division

12 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Indiana — District Composition, Fort Wayne Division county listing

Hammond Division

2 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Indiana — District Composition, Hammond Division county listing

Lafayette Division

7 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Indiana — District Composition, Hammond at Lafayette Division county listing

South Bend Division

11 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Indiana — District Composition, South Bend Division county listing

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How the Northern District of Indiana 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 attorney fee this court approves without a fee application
$4,000

This is the amount the court will approve without an itemised fee application, not a rate any particular firm charges.

N.D. Ind. L.B.R. B-2016-1

What the Northern District of Indiana 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 86 this court publishes.

Standing orders

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

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.innb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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