Contesting a Petition in an Involuntary or Chapter 15

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

Rule: 1018

Jurisdiction: US

Bluebook Citation: Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1018

Case; Vacating an Order for Relief; Applying Part VII Rules (a) APPLYING PART VII RULES. Unless the court orders or a Part I rule provides otherwise, Rules 7005, 7008–10, 7015–16, 7024–26, 7028–37, 7052, 7054, 7056, and 7062—together with any other Part VII rules as the court may order—apply to the following: (1) a proceeding that contests either an involuntary petition or a Chapter 15 petition for recognition; and (2) a proceeding to vacate an order for relief. (b) REFERENCES TO AN ‘‘ADVERSARY PROCEEDING.’’ Any reference to an ‘‘adversary proceeding’’ in the rules listed in (a) is a ref- erence to the proceedings listed in (a)(1)–(2). (c) ‘‘COMPLAINT’’ MEANS ‘‘PETITION.’’ For the proceedings de- scribed in (a), a reference to the ‘‘complaint’’ in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure must be read as a reference to the petition. Rule 1019 FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE 14 (As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 28, 2010, eff. Dec. 1, 2010; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)

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