Claims:  Transfers, Address Changes, and Payee Switches – Oh My!

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In any given year Chapter 13 Trustees administer 400,000 to 500,000 cases and distribute almost $5 billion to creditors.  A critical duty for trustees is to be sure that distributions are correctly delivered to an allowed claimant.

11 USC § 501 governs the filing of a proof of claim and 11 USC § 502 sets forth the requirements for allowance of claims.  Fed.R.Bankr.P. 3001 and 3002 speak to form, content, and timing for filing claims.  The rules . . .

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