2009-29: Revised Miscellaneous Fee Schedule Effective January 1, 2010

The Judicial Conference of the United States Courts has approved six technical changes to items in the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule.  The changes clarify application of certain fees or correct omissions in the language of certain fee items.  There has been no change to any fee amount.  The changes are effective January 1, 2010.  The revised Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule is posted on the Court’s website under Fees.

The amended items are

• item 4, for filing an amendment to the debtor’s schedules of creditors  –  to clarify that the fee only applies to filing amendments to the debtor’s schedules of creditors, and not to other schedules;
• items 6 and 14, for filing a complaint, appeal, or cross appeal  –  to conform the language in these sections, both of which provide that these fees should be paid by the estate when a trustee or debtor-in-possession is the filer;
• item 11, for filing a motion to reopen  –  to reincorporate an exception to the reopening fee based on administrative error, which had been unintentionally omitted in previous schedules;
• item 14, for filing an appeal or cross appeal  –  to clarify that interlocutory appeals are included under this item;
• item 15, for filing a case under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code  –  to correct a statutory reference which is linked to the filing fee for Chapter 15 cases; and
• item 18, for a motion filed by the debtor to divide a joint case  –  to include the phrase “motion filed at the request of the debtor,” which had been unintentionally omitted.