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Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Mon, 01/08/2024
The Court has entered and issued General Order 2024-1: Sunsetting of Orders Issued During the National and State Emergencies Declared During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Reiteration of This Court...
Fri, 12/01/2023
The US Trustee's Office is in the process of transitioning to virtual §341 meetings of creditors (“341 meetings”) for all chapter 7, 12, and 13 cases. These virtual 341 meetings will be conducted via video through the Zoom platform. All Louisville...
Mon, 11/06/2023
The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved increases to fees on the appellate, district and bankruptcy miscellaneous fee schedules. The adjustments will be effective on December 1, 2023. Please note that many fees for common services...
Tue, 10/03/2023
The Judiciary contractor community should read the following notice in case of a lapse in appropriations for FY 2024.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is issuing this notice to apprise the Judiciary contractor community of Judiciary-wide...
Mon, 08/21/2023
Coming soon, all Chapter 7, 12, and 13 §341 meetings in the Western District of Kentucky will transition to ZOOM video meetings. The Assistant U.S. Trustee's Office is offering informational sessions on September 26th and October 2nd to help prepare...
Thu, 05/11/2023
The Court has approved and implemented Administrative Manual Section 2.11 regarding procedural and informational requirements for Motions to Sell Residential Property in Chapter 13 cases. ...
Wed, 02/22/2023
The Department of Justice has announced that there are insufficient funds available for transfer under 11 U.S.C. § 589(a)(f)(1) to pay chapter 7 trustee compensation under 11 U.S.C. § 330(e) in applicable FY 2022 cases. In accordance with 11 U.S.C...
Tue, 11/15/2022
The following Bankruptcy Rules and Forms are set to be amended on December 1, 2022:
Bankruptcy Rules 1007, 1020, 2009, 2012, 2015, 3002, 3010, 3011, 3014, 3016, 3017.1, 3017.2 (new), 3018, 3019, 5005, 7004, and 8023
Bankruptcy Forms 101, 309E1 and...
Fri, 09/09/2022
For information regarding mask requirements in the federal courthouses of this District, please refer to the website of the United States District Court and the ...
Thu, 06/23/2022
Senate Bill S. 3823 was signed into law on 6/21/2022. This law restores the debt limits for Chapter 11 Subchapter V to 7.5 million for a period of 2 years. It also...