District of Massachusetts

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.

Every Massachusetts county and its court →

How the District of Massachusetts 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. D. Mass. official form — Official Local Form 3 — Chapter 13 Plan (non-fillable)

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.

D. Mass. LBR Appendix 1, Rule 13-7

What the District of Massachusetts 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.

Related

• Massachusetts exemptions — what state law protects
• Every Massachusetts county and the court that hears it
• Find the court and division for a specific county
• The statutes and rules behind every bankruptcy case

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