April 1, 2025 Changes to Some Official Forms

On April 1, a number of Official Bankruptcy forms are updating for the triennial update.  Certain dollar amounts in the United States Code applicable to bankruptcy cases are adjusted to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the most recent 3-year period.  If you have local copies of the forms, be sure to get the updated ones on April 1, 2025.  You should check with your software providers that they will use the new forms from April 1 forward.

 

Official Form 106C, Schedule C: The Property You Claim as Exempt, Line 3

Official Form 107, Statement of Financial Affairs for Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy, Line 6

Official Form 122A-2, Chapter 7 Means Test Calculation, Lines 29 and 40

Official Form 122C-2, Chapter 13 Calculation of Your Disposable Income, Line 29

Official Form 201, Voluntary Petition for Non-Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy, Line 8

Official Form 207, Statement of Financial Affairs for Non-Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy, Lines 3 and 4

Official Form 410, Proof of Claim, Line 12

 

Job Posting - Term Law Clerk

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is accepting applications for the position of term law clerk for Chief Bankruptcy Judge Henry W. Van Eck. This position is for a two-year term available September 2025.

Delayed courthouse opening 2/6/2025

The Wilkes-Barre courthouse will open at 11:00 AM tomorrow (2/6/25) and all matters before Judge Conway will be rescheduled to February 11, 2025.

The Harrisburg courthouse will open at noon tomorrow (2/6/25).

Court Closure Jan 9, 2025

The Court will be closed on Thursday, January 9, 2025, in recognition of the National Day of Mourning for the late President James Earl Carter.

Judge Conway's hearings originally scheduled for January 9, 2025 are being continued to January 14, 2025.

Court Closure

The Courthouses will be closed for the Christmas holiday on 12/24 and 12/25.

Wilkes-Barre water main break

Please note that the elevator to the Clerk's Office in the Max Rosenn Courthouse is temporarily out of order.
This post will remain up until the issue is resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience.

WB closed 11/22/2024

The Wilkes-Barre office is closed today, 11/22/2024 due to inclement weather.

MailNotify Issue post 1.8

Please be advised that the Clerk’s Office recently became aware that attorneys who have selected to receive daily e-mail summaries of CM/ECF activity may not have received those reports since November 15, 2024. (Note: If you receive emails from CM/ECF each time something is filed and do not only receive a nightly summary this does not apply to you.).

CM/ECF not available 11/15/2024-11/17/2024

CM/ECF will be unavaible beginning Friday, November 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM and it is anticipated that it will be down until Sunday morning.  This page will be updated when the work is complete.  Please see L.R. 5005-3(b) for filing when ECF is unavailable.

Pay,gov downtime

Pay.gov will be unavailable Saturday, November 2, 2024, from 6:00 PM until approximately midnight. All functionality should resume by Sunday morning.

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