2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-18 - Wage Earner Receivership › Section 10-18-13. - Establishment of plan.

§ 10-18-13. Establishment of plan.
(a)
Upon his or her appointment, the receiver shall forthwith meet with the debtor, review the petition and send notice to each creditor listed in the petition and to any other creditor of whose existence as a creditor the receiver may learn within the notice period as prescribed in § 10-18-8(a)(2). The notice shall include a copy of §§ 10-18-6 — 10-18-12 a schedule of the debtor’s obligations, and notice that a meeting shall be held at a place selected by the receiver and at a time not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days thereafter for the purposes of considering an amortization plan and of determining the claims to be covered by the plan.
(b)
The amount of a creditor’s claim shall be the amount for which the debtor could have paid or prepaid the claim on a date ten (10) days after the petition was filed either: (1) pursuant to the terms of the obligation; (2) pursuant to the requirements of any applicable statute; or (3) in accordance with the customary practices of the creditor at such time, whichever is the lowest.
(c)
All claims included in the plan shall bear interest during the pendency of the plan at the rate applicable to unpaid judgments in this state. If the plan so provides, the interest may be precomputed at the time the plan is established as if all payments were made on the scheduled installment dates and all payments actually made to creditors under the plan applied to the combined total of interest and principal without reference to the date the payments are actually made.
(d)
The claim of any creditor under the plan shall not include the part of the obligation of the debtor to that creditor which, pursuant to the terms of the obligation and without reference in those terms to any provision accelerating any unpaid portion of the obligation because of debtor’s default or otherwise, is payable more than five (5) years from the date the petition is filed hereunder.
(e)(1)
Upon conclusion of the meeting, the receiver shall either:
(i)
Report to the court that no equitable plan of amortization is feasible or needed in which case the court may forthwith dismiss the proceedings; or
(ii)
Recommend to the court a plan of amortization calculated by weekly or monthly payments to discharge in full the claims of all known creditors within a period of not exceeding five (5) years.
(2)
The receiver shall attach to the plan the written consents and objections, if any, of the creditors present or represented at the meeting or who have otherwise submitted consents or objections to him or her, and an analysis, with his or her recommendations regarding the disposition of any claim in dispute.
(f)
If satisfied that the plan is feasible and equitable, the court shall forthwith enter an order approving the plan and ordering the payment by the employer of the debtor of such salary, wages, commissions, or any combination thereof of the debtor to the receiver as provided by the plan and determining, for the purposes of the plan, the amounts of the claims; otherwise, the court shall enter an order dismissing these proceedings. However, if in any written objection a creditor shall ask for a hearing respecting the plan the court shall set a date for a hearing as soon as practicable on notice to all parties. At that hearing the court shall enter an order either approving the plan, if satisfied that it is feasible and equitable, or dismissing these proceedings or making and approving such modifications of the plan as the court deems just. If the plan is approved, the clerk of the court shall so notify the employer or employers of the petitioner and serve him or her with a copy of the order of the court.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 186, § 1.