Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

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United States federal court rule set body of procedural rules

The Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure are a set of procedural rules that govern how bankruptcy cases are conducted and administered in the United States federal court system.

Aliases (2)

Bankruptcy Rules ×1
Fed. R. Bankr. P. ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal court rule set → body of procedural rules →
appliesTo	Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases → Chapter 12 bankruptcy cases → Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases → Chapter 15 bankruptcy cases → Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases → Chapter 9 bankruptcy cases →
appliesToCourtSystem	United States bankruptcy courts →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal courts →
authorityType	procedural, not substantive →
basedOn	Rules Enabling Act →
cannot	abridge, enlarge, or modify any substantive right →
citationForm	Fed. R. Bankr. P. →
country	United States →
enablingStatute	28 U.S.C. § 2075 →
firstEffectiveDate	August 1, 1983 →
governs	administration of bankruptcy cases → appeals in bankruptcy matters → practice in bankruptcy courts → procedure in bankruptcy cases →
includes	Official Bankruptcy Forms → interim rules adopted after statutory amendments →
language	English →
legalDomain	bankruptcy law →
periodicallyAmendedBy	Supreme Court of the United States →
promulgatedBy	Supreme Court of the United States →
regulates	adversary proceedings in bankruptcy → appeals from bankruptcy court orders → claims allowance process → contested matters in bankruptcy → deadlines and time computation in bankruptcy cases → discovery in bankruptcy proceedings → filing of bankruptcy petitions → meeting of creditors → noticing and service requirements in bankruptcy cases →
relatedTo	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure → Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → Federal Rules of Evidence →
structure	rules numbered in the 1000–9000 series →
subjectTo	congressional review →
subjectToAmendmentProcess	Judicial Conference of the United States rules process →
usedBy	United States Trustees → bankruptcy clerks → bankruptcy judges → creditors in bankruptcy → debtors in bankruptcy → trustees in bankruptcy cases →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rules Enabling Act ("Bankruptcy Rules") →	basisFor
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure ("Fed. R. Bankr. P.") →	citationForm
District of Kansas Bankruptcy Appellate Panel →	governingLaw
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure →	oversees
Title 11 of the United States Code →	relatedTo
United States bankruptcy law →	sourceOfProcedure
United States bankruptcy courts →	subjectTo