During the transition phase some courts are limiting electronic case openings to selected attorneys, or chapters. While ECF is still voluntary in most districts, now that it has been prototyped for several years, many of the newer ECF courts are skipping the voluntary phase and making ECF mandatory from the start. How it works Getting Started.
Attorneys sign up for login and pin numbers from their court.
Most courts require completion of a court training session before granting a pin number. Not all filing software can create single pdf files. Case Upload File. The file is specially generated by the bankruptcy filing software. Chapter 13 Plan.