Upon filing a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy petition with the U.S. Federal Court, your case will be assigned by the Court to a specific Trustee that will oversee, and administer your case. Once a Trustee is assigned to your case, a Creditor Meeting under Section 341 of the Bankruptcy Code will be scheduled by the clerk of the court. The clerk will then send a notice of the time and place of this meeting to you and all your creditors.
You must appear at this meeting and answer questions from the Trustee about your petition.
Your creditors do not usually attend this meeting. The Trustee will ask you a series of questions related to your bankruptcy petition, schedules and relate documents that were filed with the court. This meeting is fairly quick. Your attorney will attend this meeting with you but cannot respond to the questions for you. You will answer these questions under oath, so it is imperative that you are honest.
