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  • New Zoom 341 Process
    Please CLICK HERE to view a memo on the new Zoom 341 process.  More updates to our 341 procedures will be posted as we gain experience with the system.  We ask that you have patience with us during the transition and that you help us with the change by communicating the Zoom meeting links and Breakout Room assignments to your clients in advance of the Meeting.   Meeting link:
    https://zoom.us/join
    Zoom Meeting ID: 763 552 0686
    Zoom Passcode: 7683050475    
  • 341 and Court Calendars
    Click HERE to review the call-in information and case lists for upcoming dockets  
  • Trustee Fee FY 2024
    Effective October 1, 2023, the US Trustee Program has established the Trustee Fee for cases administered by David Ruskin at 8.5%.  This amount can fluctuate during the course of a fiscal year as well as during the life of a Plan. We encourage the use of a rate of 10% when calculating cases to account for fluctuations in the fee during the life of the Plan.  
  • Who Does What
    Click here for the latest Who Does What staff directory, effective June 12, 2023.  Read more arrow
  • Future 341 Dockets and Court Hearing Dates List for 2023 (Updated December 2022)
    Click here to download a list of all the updated upcoming 341 Meeting dates, as well as hearing dates for Judge Oxholm and Judge Gretchko for our office.  This document can also be found in the "Office Calendar" section in each tab.  Read more arrow
  • Status Conferences for Judge Oxholm
    Updated 8/18/22: Reinstatement of Status Conferences for Judge Oxholm.  Please click HERE for details about the new status conferences process.  Read more arrow
  • Notice Regarding Status Conferences and Contested Dockets
    Please click the links below for instructions for each Judge related to cases administered by our office.    
  • BK-Documents (Updated 1/3/22)
    Effective November 30th, 2021, our office will no longer accept documents at dwrfinancials@det13.com.  We will be using bkdocs.us  (fka: 13Documents.com).  This service is free and more robust than the old "email reader".  There is a "quickstart" guid in the Forms section under Attorneys.  We WILL continue to receive documents at ruskin.orders@det13.com and ruskin.stips@det13.com.  Contact rich@det13.com if you have issues joining or uploading documents with BKDocs.  
  • Detroit area Ch 7 Trustee Contact list (2021)
    Click here for an updated Detroit area Ch 7 Trustee contact list.  Please note that our office did not create this list, nor does our office maintain it.  We provide it here as a courtesy to the bankruptcy community.  Read more arrow
  • Joint Memo Regarding Periodic Billing Statements in Bankruptcy
    Click here to read a Joint Memo from the Eastern and Western District Chapter 13 Trustees regarding Amendments to the Consumer Protection Bureau's Mortgage Servicing Rule regarding Periodic Billing Statements in Bankruptcy.  A sample of the Statement is attached to the memo.  Read more arrow
  • Ch 13 Trustee Memo on Bateson
    Click here for a memo outlining how Chapter 13 Trustees in Eastern District of Michigan will handle funds in cases dismissed post-confirmation as required by the Bateson decision.  Read more arrow
  • Notice Regarding Stipulations  Read more arrow