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Rule 2080-1. Chapter 9

Chapter: 
Part II. Officers and Administration; Notices; Meetings; Examinations; Elections; Attorneys and Accountants
  1. Notice. When a petition is filed in a Chapter 9 case, the clerk will issue a notice (Local Form NEB 2080-1) If the debtor applies for a claims bar date in the petition and the application is granted, the debtor must include the claims bar date in the notice. The debtor must immediately serve the notice on all parties in interest and must file a certificate of service at least 7 days before the last date to file a resistance to the petition. All notices required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002(a)(2), (3), and (7) must be served on any committee or its authorized agents and on creditors who filed a request for notice.
     
  2. List of Creditors. The debtor must file the list of creditors within 14 days of the petition date. The list must state each creditor’s name and address, the amount of the creditor’s claim, and whether the claim is disputed, contingent, or unliquidated.
     
  3. Disclosure Statement and Plan. The debtor's disclosure statement and plan must state a detailed good faith estimate of fees and expenses under 11 U.S.C. § 503(b), priorities under 11 U.S.C. § 507(a), and the reasonableness of the expenses under 11 U.S.C. § 943(b)(3). The debtor must serve the plan and disclosure statement no later than 90 days after the creditors' committee is appointed. The court may extend the time for good cause. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002(b) applies to the disclosure statement and plan, unless the plan is pre-approved under Section G.
     
  4. Publication. The debtor must immediately publish notice of the commencement of the case and notice of the order of relief. The last date of publication must not be less than 14 days before the last day to file resistances to the petition. All publications required by 11 U.S.C. § 923 must be in The Wall Street Journal, Lincoln Journal Star, and the Omaha World-Herald, unless the debtor requests otherwise in the petition and the court approves the request. The debtor must file proofs of publication no later than 14 days after the last publication.
     
  5. Resistances. A resistance to the petition must be filed no later than 45 days after service of the notice in Section A. The court will schedule a hearing on the resistance. The resisting party must serve the resistance and hearing notice on all parties in interest.
     
  6. Pre-Approved Plans. If the debtor proposes a plan of adjustment which, before the petition was filed, was accepted by more than two-thirds in amount and one-half in number of creditors, the petition must contain a request for consolidated hearing to consider resistances to the petition, resistances to the adequacy of the disclosure under 11 U.S.C. § 1126(b)(2), and resistances to confirmation of the plan.