Schedules, Statement of Financial Affairs, Statement of Social Security Number, and Other Official

Forms. P a g e | 4 unless debtor has been granted under Mont. LBR 2003-4 a continuance of the meeting of creditors pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 341(a), and the confirmation hearing if applicable, and provided appropriate notice thereof. A motion for extension of time filed after the Notice of Pending Dismissal is entered, but before it expires, will be denied absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances beyond the debtor’s control.

(f) Retention of Signed Copies. Signatures on documents that are electronically filed and that require original signatures other than from the authorized CM/ECF user must be maintained in one of the two following manners: (1) Original Signatures. The originally signed paper copies of a bankruptcy petition and accompanying papers required to be verified under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1008 and any declaration made by any party under penalty of perjury in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746 must be retained by the CM/ECF user for five years after the date that the case or proceeding is closed. The Court, on its own motion or on the request of a party in interest, may require the production of any originally signed document; or (2) Scanned Signatures.

The pages bearing the signatures must be scanned into CM/ECF after the electronic version of the document bearing the parties’ electronic signatures. (g) Tax Returns and Refunds. (1) Restrictions Regarding Debtor’s Tax Information. Tax information that is filed with the Court and provided to creditors and trustees is subject to the Administrative Office’s guidance regarding tax information as from time to time promulgated.

Any person receiving copies of debtor’s tax information shall treat the information as confidential and shall not disseminate it except as appropriate under the circumstances of the case. (2) Tax Refunds. Immediately upon receipt, debtor shall turn over all applicable income tax refunds to trustee. Related Authority: 11 U.S.C. §§ 102, 109, 521, 1116, 1308, and 1325 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007, 1017, 4002, and 4004 Comments: The Official Bankruptcy Forms for Schedules D and F require creditor’s name, address, account number, the date the claim was incurred, the consideration for the claim, the amount of the claim, and other information.

Be sure to provide an approximate date (or a range of dates) for when each debt was incurred and indicate the underlying basis for the claim (e.g., medical bills incurred from 5/99 through 6/03). Filing incomplete schedules or statement of financial Mont. LBR December 1, 2025