Consumer Bankruptcy Journal Fall 2015 | Page 63

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:

Part 2, Tell the Court About Your Bankruptcy Case, line 7, removes choices for chapters 9 and 15 filings because
they do not pertain to individuals. The status of “being filed” is added to the question regarding bankruptcy cases
pending or filed by a spouse, business partner, or affiliate (line 10). Lastly, the question “Do you rent your
residence?” (line 11) and Official Forms 101A, Initial Statement About an Eviction Judgment Against You, and 101B,
Statement About Payment of an Eviction Judgment Against You, replace “certification by a debtor who resides as a
tenant of residential property,” on page 2 of Official Form 1.

REVISED – Line #7 no
longer includes options
to select Chapter 9 and
Chapter 15 as they do
not pertain to individuals.

REVISED – The language
in Line #8 is revised to
make the form more
understandable to
debtors without legal
knowledge.

REVISED – The status of
“being filed” is added to
question #10 regarding
bankruptcy cases
pending or filed by a
spouse, business partner,
or affiliate.

REVISED – Question #11
replaces “certification by
a debtor who resides as a
tenant of residential
property,” on page 2 of
replaced Official Form 1.

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