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News 13Network Sign Up Starts[April 19, 2005] Case information in now available online at the 13Network.com. The 13Network is a great place to go for retreiving Print Inquiries, looking up payment history, treatment of claims, and disbursements. We are currently reviewing the option to allow debtors to log in and review their cases too; however, currently only attorneys and creditors have access. Please fax back only form pages (with information entered) and not the agreement term pages. This will reduce paper waste. Please click HERE for a copy of the user agreement. Complete the form and return it to us to gain access to the site. Please click HERE for a copy of the user manual for the 13Network. This information is also available on the INFORMATION page of our web site. Note to existing TRAC users - If your existing TRAC ID and password does not work at 13network.com, a new request must be made to gain access. Job Openings [March 29, 2005] The Office of the Standing Chapter 13 Trustee, Tammy L. Terry at downtown Detroit, Michigan, is seeking both a Controller and an Administrative Assistant (with a financial background) or a Paralegal. Please see our employment page for qualifications, requirements and benefit information. Office Closing [March 25, 2005] The Office of Tammy L. Terry will close on Friday, March 25, 2005 and reopen at 8:30 A.M. on Monday March 28. TRAC Manual Available Online [February 10, 2005] The 2nd Edition of the TRAC Manual is now available for download from the Library page of this web site. The manual is about 3MB in size and is in PDF format. Please download a copy and make it available for your staff. State Exemptions Update [January 7, 2005] Governor Granholm has approved changes to the State exemptions. More information can be found HERE at the Michigan Legislature's web site. Office Calendar [December 13, 2004] The 2005 office calendar for Tammy L. Terry is available for download on our Information page. UPDATED!! Save this date!! [March 7, 2005] As reported earlier, CM/ECF will happen in the Eastern District of Michigan this year. In order to help offices prepare for this major transition the CBA and the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan are offering a Tech Fair on March 18, 2005 at the Troy Marriot. The event is free, will include seminars on ECF, testimonials from practitioners already on ECF and vendors offering solutions for offices of all walks of life. Please follow THIS link for more information on this very important seminar. Please follow THIS link to let us know how many people will be attending from your office and what lunch option you will be chosing. Bookmark the Court's CM/ECF web site HERE to keep up to date on the forthcoming changes. [February 10, 2005] The 2nd Edition of the TRAC Manual is now available for download from the Libraries page of this web site. The manual is about 3MB in size and is in PDF format. Please download a copy and make it available for your staff. State Exemptions Update [January 7, 2005] Governor Granholm has approved changes to the State exemptions. More information can be found HERE at the Michigan Legislature's web site. New 341 Schedule [December 20, 2004] As previously discussed, the practice of Ch 13 is about to undergo several transformations. Judge Rhodes will be returning to the rotation of Judges hearing Ch 13 cases and 341's for Ch 13 will become the focus for status conferences. A complete explanation of how cases will be assigned, when hearings will be set and when 341's will be conducated can be found HERE in PDF format. Please print this document out and distribute it to all of your staff. Note that the Shefferly cases will NOT be split odd/even. Office Calendar [December 13, 2004] The office calendar for Tammy L. Terry is available for download on our Information page. 341 Room Changes [December 7, 2004] Beginning on January, 2005, the 341 Meeting of Creditors room and the Meeting process will change. A memo outlining the changes can be found HERE in PDF format. A very important Attorney Forum meeting will be held at Tammy Terry's office on December 10, 2004 (THIS FRIDAY) at 2:00 P.M. Please plan on attending this meeting to discuss the nature of the upcoming changes to the 341 process. Details on the meeting can be found HERE. 13Network Sign Up Continues [November 11, 2004] Since the start of our participation in the 13Network in August there have been over 500 visits per month to retreive case information. The 13Network is a great place to go for retreiving Print Inquiries, looking up payment history, treatment of claims, and disbursements. It also has features that allow debtors to log in and review their cases. Please click HERE for a copy of the user agreement. Complete the form and return it to us to gain access to the site. Please click HERE for a copy of the user manual for the 13Network. This information is also available on the INFORMATION page of our web site. Note that TRAC users will not automatically be subscribed in the 13Network Trustee Fee for FY 2005 [September 30, 2004] Effective October 1, 2004, the Trustee Fee for cases administered by Tammy L. Terry for Fiscal Year 2005 will be 4.8%. We recommend that plans be factored with a slightly higher Fee to allow for administrative changes over the life of a plan. State of the Court Address [September 30, 2004] Judge Rhodes delivered a State of the Bankruptcy Court address on September 29, 2004. The text of the address can be found HERE in PDF format. Administrative Order [September 30, 2004] The Court has issued a new Administrative Order for the practice of Chapter 13 in this district. The Order can be found HERE in PDF format. The Order was corrected on September 29, 2004. Administrative Order [September 28, 2004] The Court has issued a new Administrative Order for the practice of Chapter 13 in this district. The Order can be found HERE in PDF format. New Who Does What [September 2, 2004] The Who Does What for Tammy L. Terry's office has been updated. Please visit the Information page of this site and download the latest version. Attorney Forum Rescheduled [August 30, 2004] The next Attorney Forum meeting has been rescheduled to October 15, 2004 at 2:00 P.M. The meeting will be held at Krispen Carroll's office. Please watch this space for further announcements. 13Network Now Available [August 17, 2004] We are pleased to announce that Chapter 13 case information for our office is now available via the 13Network (www.13network.com). Parties of interest in cases assigned to Tammy L. Terry may access data via a web browser. Please note that Plan Calc information is NOT available via the 13Network. Please click HERE for a copy of the user agreement. Complete the form and return it to us to gain access to the site. Please click HERE for a copy of the user manual for the 13Network. This information is also available on the INFORMATION page of our web site. Note that TRAC users will not automatically be subscribed in the 13Network Flat Fee Increase [June 14, 2004] As announced at the CBA Seminar on 6/11/04, Tammy Terry, Krispen Carroll & David Ruskin have agreed to increase the flat rate for attorney fees. Please click HERE for a PDF of the memo with complete information on the increase. Office Calendar [December 17, 2003] The office calendar for Tammy L. Terry is available for download on our Information page. The document deadlines for 2004 can also be found on the Calendar section of the Information page. Updated TRAC User Forms [December 11, 2003] TRAC access will be terminated for any subscriber that has not returned an Updated TRAC User Agreement to our office by January 5, 2004. The form was mailed out in May of 2003 and several notices have been issued since then. Please click HERE to obtain a copy in PDF format. Privacy FAQ's [November 19, 2003] We have received a copy of the Frequently Asked Questions document produced by the Court in response to the new privacy rules that are effective 12/1/2003. Please click HERE to obtain the FAQ in PDF format. Updated TRAC User Forms [October 20, 2003] In May of this year we mailed Updated TRAC User Agreements to all TRAC subscribers. It is very important that these forms be returned to our office as soon as possible. TRAC access could be terminated if the form is not received by our office. Please click HERE to obtain a copy in PDF format. Notice of Changes to Fee Schedule [October 9, 2003] The Court has issued a new schedule for fees in bankruptcy cases. These changes are effective with November 1, 2003. The full document can be found HERE in PDF format. This document can also be found in our Library. Notice of Changes to Fee Schedule [October 9, 2003] The Court has issued a new schedule for fees in bankruptcy cases. These changes are effective with November 1, 2003. The full document can be found HERE in PDF format. This document can also be found in our Library. Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet [October 9, 2003] We have posted in our Library a fact sheet provided by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. The fact sheet can also be viewed HERE in PDF format. Policy Regarding Fee Applications [October 7, 2003] The offices of Tammy Terry, Krispen Carroll and David Ruskin have agreed to a standardized policy for dealing with fee applications in dispositive orders. This policy can be found HERE in PDF format. Documents Required for 341 [October 7, 2003] Effective with cases filed on or after January 1, 2004, the offices of David Ruskin, Krispen Carroll and Tammy Terry will be requiring tax returns and pay stubs to be provided to the Trustees before the Meeting of Creditors. This policy can be found HERE in PDF format. Notice to Bankruptcy Practitioners [September 11, 2003] The Court has issued a Notice to bankruptcy practioners regarding the filing of a cover sheet for amendments. This notice can be found on the Court's web site HERE or on our web site HERE. The cover sheet, as well as this notice, can also be found in our Forms section. McIvor Docket Order [June 5, 2003] The static order for status conferences for Judge McIvor starts with the June 12, 2003 docket. The list of debtor attorneys and the order in which status conferences will be called can be found on our Dockets page. As always, please follow the link on the right to the Court's web page for the most up to date information. New Discharge Letter [May 12, 2003] The Court will be issuing a new Order for discharges. Click HERE to see this Order in PDF format. Please note in particular the language in the paragraphs numbered 2 and 3 of the Order. New TRAC Manual [May 9, 2003] The second edition of the TRAC manual is now available. Mailings have gone out to all TRAC subscribers announcing the new manual, along with an updated information sheet. Please return the updated information sheet to us as soon as possible to receive a copy of the new manual. The manual is being provided on a CD-ROM in PDF format. It was created with Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and has been tested using version 4.0 and up. Offices with version of Acrobat earlier than 4.0 may upgrade their copy of the free Acrobat Reader at www.adobe.com. Order Pertaining to the Assignment of Cases and Proceedings [March 25, 2003] The assignment of the new Judges has been determined. Please click HERE for the Administrative Order outlining the assignments. Information on the new Judges [March 25, 2003] Judge Thomas Tucker Room 1900 Courtroom 1925 Judicial Asst.: Sherie Hitch (313) 234-0030 Clerk: Christina Olivieri (313) 234-0033 Judge Marci McIvor Room 1850 Courtroom 1875 Judicial Asst.: Susan Maruszewski (313) 234-0010 Clerk: Patti O'Hara (313)234-0014 Judge Phillip Shefferly Room 1950 Courtroom 1975 Judicial Asst.: JoAnne Iovanisci (313) 234-0040 Clerk: John Moses (313) 234-0043 Payment Order Policy [January 16, 2003] Policy of Tammy L. Terry's office in implementing plan payment changes: Our office will look to the plan and existing orders for direction on where to apply payment changes if the Court order changing payment does not expressly indicate how to allocate the change. Thus if, in a joint filing, there is a Wage Order in place for only one debtor we will apply the change to that debtor unless specifically instructed otherwise. We will look to debtor's counsel for specific instructions in cases where there is more than one Wage Order in place and the Order Modifying Payments lacks instruction. Adding specific language into the order that modifies payment, or promptly filing an amended wage order, will greatly facilitate the process of changing a payment amount. The turn around time between the order arriving in our office and receiving clarification from debtor's counsel could cause a delay in the debtor's employer deducting the new amount. The debtor will be responsible for making up any difference that occurs because of the delay and this could have an impact on discharge. Request from the Clerk of the Court [November 27, 2002] The Clerk of the Court has asked that we remind people to complete the Bankruptcy Petition Cover Sheet on all cases. The Clerk does not perform an initial review for priors if the cover sheet does not list prior filings. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of cases that require reassignment due to the discovery of prior filings after the case has been noticed out, most due to a failure to complete the cover sheet correctly. Please help keep costs down, both for the Clerk and for the Trustee offices, and provide all of the information required on the cover sheet. ProComm & Windows XP [April 10, 2002] We have begun hearing from offices migrating to Windows XP that are having difficulties with ProComm running in the new Operating System. ProComm v 4.8 is the latest version of the product and runs under all versions of Windows through Windows 2000. Symantec has a reference document indicating that ProComm v 4.8 WILL work in Windows XP with a few limitations. The reference document from Symantec can be found in PDF format by clicking HERE. Court Announces Opinions by E-Mail: The United States Bankruptcy Court for Eastern District of Michigan announces a new email service by which members of the bar can receive new opinions by each of the judges immediately upon release. To subscribe to this email service, please send an email to: EDMBOpinions@ck6.uscourts.gov. In the subject line type "subscribe" and leave the message text blank. The opinions will be distributed as email attachments in "portable document format" (pdf). To read a pdf document, you need a program called "Adobe Acrobat Reader" which is available for free at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html New Final Report & Account Process: Per instructions from the United States Trustee, our office will no longer be issuing Final Reports and Accounts (FRA's) upon closing cases on our computer system. FRA's will not be filed with the Court until ALL checks in a case have cleared. The Court will not issue Discharge Orders until after receipt of Final Reports. TRAC For Tammy Terry & Krispen Carroll: Information for cases assigned to David Ruskin & Krispen Carroll is not available on Tammy L. Terry's TRAC system. Both offices have their own TRAC systems. Krispen Carroll's TRAC: 1-313-961-6402 Tammy Terry's TRAC: 1-313-967-9102 Logins, Passwords, and Keyboard settings remain the same. New Policy Regarding Personal Checks: The US Trustee has requested that we place a Hold on all Personal Checks to ensure that all funds transferred to the new Trustees have cleared. This policy went into effect on 3/15/2000. Notice from the United States Trustee on the Trustee Split: Follow THIS link to view the Notice on Matters of Chapter 13 Case Administration issued by the United States Trustee's Office. The document is in PDF format. Notice To Bankruptcy Practitioners Local Bankruptcy Rule 1007-1(g)(1)(D), specifies that a debtor in a chapter 13 case must file a serial filing disclosure, if applicable. Local Bankruptcy Rule 1071-1(d) provides that when a companion case has had a prior or pending case in any bankruptcy court, a verified disclosure of information regarding the prior or pending case shall be filed. The Court has determined that the debtor should be required to file a combined serial and companion case disclosure form in every case. Therefore, pursuant to Administrative Order 99-03, the Court has suspended L.B.R. 1007-(g)(1)(D) (E.D.M.), L.B.R. 1007-(h) (E.D.M.) and L.B.R. 1071-1(d) (E.D.M.) effective March 1, 2000. The Court has created and prescribed a form for this purpose entitled "Bankruptcy Petition Cover Sheet" which is available at the intake counter in all three court locations. This form is intended to facilitate the proper assignment of cases to judges of this court. Accordingly, the form must be filed in each and every case, and it must be filed with the bankruptcy petition. The "Bankruptcy Petition Cover Sheet" shall be filed as a separate pleading, with all applicable categories completed, for all cases filed on or after March 1, 2000. If a bankruptcy petition is filed without a cover sheet, on or after March 1, 2000; it will be subject to dismissal. Although this new form is not mandatory until that time, practitioners may begin using the form, in place of a serial filing disclosure and companion case disclosure, immediately. Sheila M. Tighe Clerk of Court You can obtain a PDF version of the Cover Sheet from THIS LINK |
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