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Rule 1007-I. 1 1 Lists, Schedules, Statements, and 

2 Other Documents; Time Limits; 

3 Expiration of Temporary Means

4 Testing Exclusion

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6 (b) Schedules, Statements, and Other Documents Required.

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8 (4) Unless either: (A) § 707(b)(2)(D)(i) applies, or (B) 

9 § 707(b)(2)(D)(ii) applies and the exclusion from 

10 means testing granted therein extends beyond the 

11 period specified by Rule 1017(e), an individual 

12 debtor in a chapter 7 case shall file a statement of 

13 current monthly income prepared as prescribed by 

14 the appropriate Official Form, and, if the current 

15 monthly income exceeds the median family income 

16 for the applicable state and household size, the 

17 information, including calculations, required by

1 Interim Rule 1007-I has been adopted by the bankruptcy courts to 

implement the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008, 

Public Law No. 110-438, as amended by Public Law No. 118-24. The 

amended Act, which provides a temporary exclusion from the application 

of the means test for certain members of the National Guard and reserve 

components of the Armed Forces, applies to bankruptcy cases commenced 

in the 19-year period beginning December 19, 2008. This version of the 

interim rule was reformatted on December 20, 2023; no wording changes 

were made.
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18 § 707(b), prepared as prescribed by the appropriate 

19 Official Form.

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21 (c) Time Limits. In a voluntary case, the schedules, statements, 

22 and other documents required by subdivision (b)(1), (4), (5), and (6) 

23 shall be filed with the petition or within 14 days thereafter, except 

24 as otherwise provided in subdivisions (d), (e), (f), (h), and (n) of this 

25 rule. In an involuntary case, the schedules, statements, and other 

26 documents required by subdivision (b)(1) shall be filed by the debtor 

27 within 14 days after the entry of the order for relief. In a voluntary 

28 case, the documents required by paragraphs (A), (C), and (D) of 

29 subdivision (b)(3) shall be filed with the petition. Unless the court 

30 orders otherwise, a debtor who has filed a statement under 

31 subdivision (b)(3)(B), shall file the documents required by 

32 subdivision (b)(3)(A) within 14 days of the order for relief. In a 

33 chapter 7 case, the debtor shall file the statement required by 

34 subdivision (b)(7) within 60 days after the first date set for the

35 meeting of creditors under § 341 of the Code, and in a chapter 11 or 

36 13 case no later than the date when the last payment was made by

37 the debtor as required by the plan or the filing of a motion for a

38 discharge under § 1141(d)(5)(B) or § 1328(b) of the Code. The court 

39 may, at any time and in its discretion, enlarge the time to file the 
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40 statement required by subdivision (b)(7). The debtor shall file the 

41 statement required by subdivision (b)(8) no earlier than the date of 

42 the last payment made under the plan or the date of the filing of a

43 motion for a discharge under §§1141(d)(5)(B), 1228(b), or 1328(b)

44 of the Code. Lists, schedules, statements, and other documents

45 filed prior to the conversion of a case to another chapter shall be

46 deemed filed in the converted case unless the court directs

47 otherwise. Except as provided in § 1116(3), any extension of time

48 to file schedules, statements, and other documents required under

49 this rule may be granted only on motion for cause shown and on

50 notice to the United States trustee, any committee elected under

51 § 705 or appointed under § 1102 of the Code, trustee, examiner, or

52 other party as the court may direct. Notice of an extension shall be

53 given to the United States trustee and to any committee, trustee, or

54 other party as the court may direct.

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56 (n) Time Limits for, and Notice to, Debtors Temporarily 

57 Excluded from Means Testing.

58 (1) An individual debtor who is temporarily excluded

59 from means testing pursuant to § 707(b)(2)(D)(ii) of 

60 the Code shall file any statement and calculations 

61 required by subdivision (b)(4) no later than 14 days 
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62 after the expiration of the temporary exclusion if the 

63 expiration occurs within the time specified by Rule 

64 1017(e) for filing a motion pursuant to § 707(b)(2).

65 (2) If the temporary exclusion from means 

66 testing under § 707(b)(2)(D)(ii) terminates due to the

67 circumstances specified in subdivision (n)(1), and if 

68 the debtor has not previously filed a statement and 

69 calculations required by subdivision (b)(4), the clerk

70 shall promptly notify the debtor that the required 

71 statement and calculations must be filed within the 

72 time specified in subdivision (n)(1).