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News & Announcements: 01/2022
11/28/2022
An order has been issued adopting amendments to the local bankruptcy rules effective December 1, 2022. Please note that there are also amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that become effective on that date, absent any contrary action by Congress. For details, refer to the news...
11/23/2022
Future trials and evidentiary hearings will require use of digital exhibits, i.e. PDFs of documents to be displayed on courtroom monitors. Unless the court orders otherwise, no binders of paper exhibits will be used for witness examinations. Attorneys will be responsible for displaying exhibits...
11/17/2022
An updated website calendar for court hearings and meetings of creditors is now available. Click here for details.
10/24/2022
Please see the attached table of proposed amendments to the local bankruptcy rules. Comments may be emailed to the clerk at michael_dowling@hib.uscourts.gov. Comments are due Friday, November 18, 2022.
Also attached for reference are amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that will...
08/15/2022
Effective immediately, LBR 5005-4 is amended to permit an ECF User to file online the Declaration re: Electronic Filing. Registered attorneys may scan the originally signed Declaration and upload it in CM/ECF, selecting the event Miscellaneous: Declaration Re Electronic Filing. Filers will be...
07/25/2022
Please review the attached proposed amendment to LBR 5005-4(f) regarding electronic filing. The proposed change permits an ECF User to file a digital copy of the Declaration re: Electronic Filing signed by the debtor. The declaration will no longer need to be submitted to the court on paper with a...
07/14/2022
The United States Trustee's Office is moving from its location at 1132 Bishop Street, Suite 602, to the Prince Kuhio Federal Building. As of August 1, 2022, the new address will be: United States Trustee's Office, District of Hawaii, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 4108, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850. ...
06/20/2022
The court has adopted new rules 1019-5, 2015-2, and 7017-1, and amendments to rules 2016-1, 2083-1, 3015-1, and 3070-2, effective July 1, 2022. The Chapter 13 Attorney Fee Guidelines have also been amended, together with revisions to related local forms: Chapter 13 Rights, Responsibilities and Fee...
06/01/2022
Local Bankruptcy Rule 3015-1(g) provides that, except for interest on tax claims and on administrative expenses governed by 11 U.S.C. § 511, the Clerk set on June 1 and December 1 of each year a standard interest rate to be used in payments on secured and other claims under a confirmed Chapter 13...
05/23/2022
Attached are proposals for new and amended local bankruptcy rules (1019-5, 1074-1, 2015-2, 2016-1, 2083-1, 3015-1,3070-2, and 7017-1), together with an amended Chapter 13 Attorney Fee Guidelines and related forms. Changes to the rules are shown in a table to compare the current and proposed...
03/24/2022
Effective March 26, 2022, certain restrictions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic will be lifted. Face coverings will no longer be mandatory in the Clerk's Office and courtroom. Trials and evidentiary hearings scheduled after May 1, 2022 will resume in-person, although the court will consider...
03/08/2022
Automatic adjustments will be made on April 1, 2022, to dollar amounts stated in various provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, one provision in Title 28, seven Official Bankruptcy Forms which contain adjusted dollar amounts, the Instructions for Indivdual and Non-Individual Debtors, two Director's...
03/08/2022
On April 1, 2022, adjustments to the dollar amounts stated in various provisions of the Bankruptcy Code will go into effect for cases filed on and after that date. The adjustments' timing and calculation are codified in 11 U.S.C. § 104. Click here for a table of the changes.
03/07/2022
The court's form order confirming a chapter 13 plan has been revised to clarify a party's responsibility regarding satisfaction of a lien that has been avoided or stripped. An added section states: "A debtor who seeks release of a lien may request an order declaring lien satisfied under Bankruptcy...
01/17/2022
Free virtual programs on consumer and commercial bankruptcy topics may be accessed at the website of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, www.ncbj.org. The programs are free but pre-registration is required and there may be a maximum attendance. Recordings of some past panel discussions...