Frequently Asked Questions
- 1. What documents should I provide the Trustee?
- I am the Chapter 7 Trustee for your bankruptcy filed in the Southern District of Florida. In a few weeks we will meet at your §341 Meeting of Creditors to review your financial affairs. At this meeting, you will be asked to verify the accuracy of your petition and schedules. In order to properly analyze your case, I am requesting that the documents listed below be provided to me either before the scheduled meeting or at the meeting. If you are not sufficiently prepared for your meeting, I will adjourn the meeting and require you to return at a later date.
If you have any questions concerning the documents below, please contact my assistant, Michelle Sams, via telephone
(305) 358-6092 or via email at
msams@glassratner.com. Thank you.
Documents Required by the Trustee
- 3 months of bank statements.
- 3 months of brokerage statements.
- 3 months of IRA statements.
- Last 2 years tax returns filed.
- Copy of vehicle title, insurance card and loan balances.
- Life insurance policies showing owner and beneficiaries.
All required documents must be uploaded on the DocLink website: https://doclink.bms7.com/. Pro Se debtors should mail all required documents to our office and we will return all documents at the 341 meeting.
- 2. Can I change the date of my §341 Meeting of Creditors?
- The Trustee only grants continuances in those cases where there is a medical emergency, illness, or death. Request for a continuance should be sent to the Trustee at msmith@glassratner.com, along with documentation supporting the basis for the request, prior to the §341 Meeting of Creditors.
- 3. How do I file a proof of claim in a bankruptcy case?
- All cases, except corporations, are classified as a no asset case when they are filed, unless it is known at the time of filing that the case has assets to distribute by the Trustee. Once the Trustee determines that a case has assets to liquidate and distribute to creditors, the Trustee will notify the Bankruptcy Court to serve a Proof of Claim form on all creditors enumerated on the Court’s mailing matrix supplied by the Debtor at the time of filing. If you did not receive a claim form from the Court, one can be obtained from the Court’s website or by clicking here.
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