Adding a creditor to the matrix

[twuoo]

Here's something that's a little annoying that I've learned, apparently, if you forget somebody on the date of filing and have to amend your petition, my particular attorney charges $200 EACH creditor that needs to be added.

So make sure you get all your creditors.

[HHM]

That is excessive. Granted, there is a filing fee of $26 that is charged by the court to amend the creditor matrix, but oh well. (maybe the attorney veiws the fee as an incentive to the debtor to get it right the first time)

[yoyoma51]

Our attorney charged us the $26 - nothing more.

[krielly]

Sounds like that might be the fee AFTER confirmation. Seems I've read somewhere that its a pretty simple process to add a creditor before confirmation, but after confirmation it's more involved. Maybe others can chime in.......

[HHM]

Sounds like that might be the fee AFTER confirmation. Seems I've read somewhere that its a pretty simple process to add a creditor before confirmation, but after confirmation it's more involved. Maybe others can chime in.......

You might be right, in a chapter 7, adding a creditor is no big deal. In a chapter 13, after confirmation, that would be more involved because it usually requires changing the chapter 13 plan as well.

[CastleKnight]

Chapter 7 ....added 5 cerditors before 941 to the tune of $26.

[woeisme]

In CH 13, my attorney is adding a creditor for the $26 filing fee. We don't confirm until the 25th of this month though, so that might be the difference. $200 each sounds really excessive. Heck, the creditor we are adding is only for $218, I wouldn't even bother if my attorney charged that much. It was for a medical expense that had been incurred, but we didn't get the bill for it until after filing.

[6ftladycop]

Once again, I will say that lawyers will definitely take advantage of people when they are desperate. I filed and had to add creditors. I had 9 of them. Can you imagine me paying 200.00 for each creditor I forgot. I paid 26.00 in the bankruptcy court office, I had a list, they charged that one fee and sent it off. I checked Pacer a few weeks later and all of them had been informed and mailed the automatic stay filing information that is normally sent out when a person files bankruptcy. I just have no idea why this happens. How are lawyers allowed to take advantage of people like this...there out to be a law.

[aachudneymiles]

Here's something that's a little annoying that I've learned, apparently, if you forget somebody on the date of filing and have to amend your petition, my particular attorney charges $200 EACH creditor that needs to be added.

So make sure you get all your creditors.

now if your case was discharged it is around 200 something to reopen case to add creditors but i did my own amendment added about 20 more creditors. its easy as pie and I before discharge it was 26.00

[CindyLou]

do it yourself!! it's very easy!