Certificate of Credit Counseling

THERE IS NO OFFICIAL COURT FORM FOR THIS. Approved Credit Counseling Agencies can be found on our website under the US Trustees Program menu option. This Certificate is required at case opening, but is docketed separate from the petition using this event.  Failure to include a credit counseling certificate at case opening will result in a deficiency notice.  If joint debtors are given separate certificates, both certificates may be uploaded in this one event.  The certificate must be issued by the agency and dated pre-petition.  Certificates dated post-petition will be brought to the attention of the judge assigned to the case. 

STEP 1           Select Bankruptcy from main menu

STEP 2           Select Misc. Events category

STEP 3           Enter case number; click [NEXT]

STEP 4            Select Certificate of Credit Counseling from drop down menu; click [NEXT]

STEP 5            If this is a joint filing, place a check in the box and click [NEXT].  If this is not a joint filing, click [NEXT] to skip this screen.

STEP 6           Select the Party or click Add/Create New Party; click [NEXT]

TIP - If this is the first time you are appearing on behalf of this party, you will be asked to create an association between the attorney and client on the next screen as shown below:

Please be aware that unchecking the association check box will prevent you from receiving Notices of Electronic Filing in this case.

STEP 7         Upload the .pdf document and any attachments; click [NEXT]

TIP - Supporting documents such as Certificates of Service, proposed orders etc must be uploaded as ATTACHMENTS to the main document.

STEP 8        Select from radio button options: Debtor, Joint Debtor, Debtor and Joint Debtor; Click [NEXT]

STEP 9        Confirm case information; click [NEXT]

STEP 10        Docket text displays.  The entry cannot be modified on this screen.  If modification is necessary, use the [BACK] button on your browser.

SAMPLE DOCKET TEXT

Certificate of Credit Counseling filed by Test Attorney on behalf of Test Client. (test atty)

STEP 11        Notice of Electronic Filing displays.