Effective December 1, 2013, Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1007(b)(7) has been amended to permit an approved debtor education provider to notify the court directly that the debtor has completed a post-petition instructional course concerning personal financial management. This rule change pertains to post-petition debtor education certificates only, not to certificates received for pre-petition credit counseling.
The Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma will permit personal financial management course providers to file the Certificate of Debtor Education under Rule 1007(b)(7) electronically using the electronic financial management course certificate filing program (eFinCert) instead of requiring course providers to register as a limited filer in the court’s CM/ECF case management system.
Please note that the failure of the provider to file the certificate OR of the debtor(s) to file Official Form 23 (Debtor's Certification of Completion of Postpetition Instructional Course Concerning Personal Financial Management) in a timely fashion in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(c) will constitute a failure of the debtor to comply with this Rule and may result in the debtor’s case being closed without a discharge. See Fed.R.Bankr.P. 4004(c)(1)(H).
Use of this electronic filing program constitutes certification that the filer is a U.S. Trustee-approved provider of a personal financial management instructional course.
THIS PROCEDURE IS FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COURSE PROVIDERS USE ONLY. IF YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY, PLEASE LOG INTO THE CM/ECF SYSTEM WITH YOUR LOGIN AND PASSWORD TO FILE YOUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS USING:
Bankruptcy Events --> Other --> Financial Management Certificate and / or Form B23 Financial Management Certification
File Certificate of Debtor Education (eFinCert)
Penalty for filing fraudulent certification: Fine of up to $500,000 or imprisonment for up to 5 years, or both. 18 U.S.C. §152 and §3571.
For further assistance, please call the Court at 918-549-7200