Hearings scheduled for January 18, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Charleston SC will commence as scheduled. However due to an unanticipated and unavoidable scheduling conflict, the court will recess at 10:30 a.m. and resume at 1:30 p.m.
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The Spartanburg office of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina will be closed on Monday, January 9, 2017, due to inclement weather. All Bankruptcy Court proceedings and 341 meetings scheduled for that date will be...
In conjunction with the change to Local Rule 9036-1, the DeBN Request Form has been updated. The new form is .pdf fillable and has a new section to allow a debtor to decline to participate in...
Effective December 1, 2016, a number of filing fees will increase. The fee to file motions to modify the stay, compel abandonment of property, withdraw the reference, or to sell property free and clear of liens will increase from $176.00 to $181....
In August, the Court announced its intention to convert its website to the national template format developed by the Administrative Offices of the United States Courts and already being used by many other federal courts across the country. That...
All of Monday, October 14, and beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, October 18, through Sunday, October 20, electronic access to court records will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance which requires that all power to the building (1100...
Proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure have been approved by the Supreme Court and transmitted to Congress. Unless Congress takes action otherwise, amendments will become effective on December 1, 2002, to the following...
Power outage update: The previously posted power outage dates and times have been changed. The power outage now will occur at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 26th and continue into the evening of Sunday, October 27th.
The following statement is posted by direction of the Judges of the U. S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South Carolina (this court)"Opinions of a higher court (unless otherwise restricted by that court) are binding precedent on...
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