Consumer Bankruptcy Journal Fall 2015 | Page 62

Form Modernization Overview

Official Form 101

Overview:
Official Form 101, Voluntary Petition for Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy, replaces Official Form 1, Voluntary
Petition.
New Form Elements:
Official Form 101 has been substantially reorganized. References to Exhibits A, B, C, and D, and the exhibits
themselves, have been eliminated because the requested information is now asked in the form or is not
applicable to individual debtors. Part 1, Identify Yourself, line 6, replaces the venue box from page 2 of Official
Form 1 and deletes venue questions that pertain only to non-individuals.
NEW - Modernized Form
Caption.
REVISED – Chapter 9 and
15 are no longer
applicable as this form is
only for cases on
individual debtors.
REVISED – Official Form
101, Voluntary Petition
for Individuals Filing for
Bankruptcy, replaces
Official Form 1, Voluntary
Petition.
in cases of individual
debtors.
REVISED – The form now
has specific columns for
Debtor 1 and Debtor 2.
REVISED – Line #2

replaces All Other
Names Used by the
Debtor in the last 8
years from page 1 of
replaced Official Form
1.

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