Free Debtor factsheet - Illinois

United States Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Illinois To the debtor
If or when you file a bankruptcy case your case will be assigned to a judge, trustee, and date and time for a meeting of creditors will be set. You will receive a notice of the "Meeting of Creditors, & Deadlines" notice in the mail. Please read this notice carefully, it contains important information about the date, time and location of the meeting. You (and your spouse if a joint case) must be present at the meeting to be questioned under oath by the trustee and by creditors. You are required to bring with you to the Meeting of Creditors, the following information: Proof of Identity and social security numbers Acceptable items of proof of identity include driver's license, state identification cards or a valid U.S. passport. For proof of social security number, your social security card. Additionally, 7 days prior to your scheduled meeting of creditors, you are required to send the following documents to the trustee assigned to your case. Failure to do so could result in the dismissal of your case.
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Federal Income Tax return (or transcript) for the most recent tax year ending immediately before the commencement of the case.

To receive transcripts of your tax returns, call 1-800-829-1040
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Evidence of payment from employer, pay stub if any, received 60 days before filing

As a reminder, an individual debtor in a chapter 7 or chapter 13 must file a statement regarding completion of a course in personal financial management using Official Form 23 within 45 days after the first date set for the meeting of creditors in a chapter 7 case, and no later than the last payment made by the debtor as required by the plan in a chapter 13 case. You must attach the certificate you receive from the Debtor Education Provider to Official Form 23.

Meeting of Creditor Locations
EASTERN DIVISION
Cook County Eastern Division Office of the U.S. Trustee 219 S. Dearborn St., Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60604 (312) 886-5785 DuPage County Chapter 7 Meeting locations Lake County Kane County Kane County Courthouse 100 S. 3rd St. Geneva, IL 60134 Babcox Justice Center 20 S. County St. Rm 150 Waukegan, IL 60085 Will, LaSalle, Grundy, Kendall EMCO Plaza Bldg. 57 W. Jefferson Rm 209 Joliet, IL 60432

DuPage County Courthouse 505 N. county Farm Rd. Wheaton, IL 60187

Chapter 13 Trustees and Meeting locations
Cook County Thomas Vaughn 200 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60604 phone: (312)294-5900 fax: (312) 341-7168 Cook County Marilyn O. Marshall 224 S. Michigan, Suite 310 Chicago, IL 60604 (312)431-1300 DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, & Will Counties Glenn B. Stearns DuPage and Kane Counties DuPage Bar Association 126 S. County Farm Rd. Wheaton, IL 60187 Lake County Babcox Justice Center 20 S. County St. Rm 150 Waukegan, IL 60085 Will, LaSalle, Grundy, Kendall EMCO Plaza Bldg. 57 W. Jefferson Rm 209 Joliet, IL 60432 WESTERN DIVISION Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago Chapter 7 and 13 Meeting of Creditors location 308 W. State St Room 40 Rockford, IL 61101 Lydia Meyer, chapter 13 Trustee

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