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Bankruptcy court

Western District of Michigan

The Western District of Michigan is the federal bankruptcy court for 49 counties in Michigan, 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.

Grand Rapids Division

9 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Mich., Court Locations — Grand Rapids, "Debtor's county of residence or principal place of business": Barry, Ionia, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Ottawa

Kalamazoo Division

9 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Mich., Court Locations — Kalamazoo, "Debtor's county of residence or principal place of business": Allegan, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren

Lansing Division

3 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Mich., Court Locations — Lansing, "Debtor's county of residence or principal place of business": Clinton, Eaton and Ingham

Marquette Division

15 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Mich., Court Locations — Marquette, "Debtor's county of residence or principal place of business: All counties located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan" (the 15 Upper Peninsula counties, coextensive with the W.D. Mich. Northern Division under 28 U.S.C. § 102)

Traverse City Division

13 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Mich., Court Locations — Traverse City, "Debtor's county of residence or principal place of business": Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Osceola and Wexford

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How the Western District of Michigan 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

What the Western District of Michigan 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 84 this court publishes.

Standing orders

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

Showing 12 of 15 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.miwb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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