Bankruptcy Petition - Chapter 13

Delaware Financial & Banking Updated August 27, 2026 Free Word and PDF

DELAWARE CHAPTER 13 CASE AND CONTROLLING-FORM WORKSHEET

DO NOT FILE. This worksheet is not a petition or plan. Do not convert its
fields into prose substitutes for national or local forms. Confirm every form,
revision, rule, order, deadline, signature, filing, and service instruction on
the official court and United States Courts sites immediately before filing.

1. Case and counsel control

Item Verified entry
Debtor legal name and prior names [________________________________]
Joint debtor, if any [________________________________]
Residence, domicile, principal assets, business, and relevant dates [________________________________]
Proposed filing district and venue analysis [________________________________]
Prior and pending bankruptcy cases [________________________________]
Eviction, foreclosure, repossession, garnishment, utility, family, tax, or other urgent matter [________________________________]
Counsel, firm, trustee contact, and internal reviewer [________________________________]
Target filing date, time, and time zone [________________________________]

2. Current official source and form register

Source or document Current official URL Version/effective date Required? Matter effect Checked by/date
Bankruptcy Code provisions used [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Current national forms page [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Voluntary petition and individual-debtor forms [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Chapter 13 plan form selected for this district [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
District of Delaware local rules [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
District forms, general orders, standing orders, and fee schedule [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Trustee instructions and payment route [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Assigned judge's procedures and case-specific orders [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]

3. Eligibility and chapter-selection analysis

Issue Facts/evidence Current authority Counsel conclusion
Individual/debtor status and regular income [____] [____] [____]
Secured, unsecured, contingent, disputed, unliquidated, and business debt [____] [____] [____]
Debt limits or other eligibility tests on filing date [____] [____] [____]
Credit counseling and exception/waiver route [____] [____] [____]
Prior dismissals, discharge timing, repeat-filing, and stay issue [____] [____] [____]
Chapter 7, 11, 12, 13, nonbankruptcy, or dismissal alternative [____] [____] [____]

4. Deadline and event control

Step Trigger Current authority/order Deadline Owner Completed/proof
Prepetition counseling or approved alternative [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Petition, matrix, schedules, statements, declarations, and fee [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Plan [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Payment to trustee or other required payment [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Tax document or return step [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Pay advices, statements, education, meeting, objection, confirmation, or other step [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Local or case-specific requirement [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]

Do not combine different tax-return filing, tax-document delivery, trustee,
meeting, plan, and court-filing duties into one generic checklist item.

5. Financial and documentary record

Category Period/date Source Complete? Reconciled to form/line Issue
Income, pay advices, benefits, business receipts [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Expenses and household information [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Real and personal property [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Secured, priority, unsecured, disputed, contingent, and unliquidated claims [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Leases, contracts, codebtors, guarantees, and domestic-support obligations [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Transfers, payments, lawsuits, garnishments, repossessions, and prior cases [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Tax returns, transcripts, assessments, refunds, and obligations [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]

6. Asset, exemption, lien, and claim analysis

Asset/claim Ownership and value Lien/priority Exemption source and amount Plan or motion treatment Evidence
[________________] [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]

Counsel must select the exemption scheme and current amounts, determine
ownership and valuation, and analyze every lien, secured status, priority,
setoff, lease, executory contract, claim objection, avoidance, redemption,
valuation, or other treatment separately. This worksheet supplies none.

7. Means, income, expense, and plan feasibility

Item Calculation/source Current form or authority Result Reviewer
Current monthly income and household [____] [____] [____] [____]
Applicable commitment or plan period [____] [____] [____] [____]
Disposable-income analysis [____] [____] [____] [____]
Secured, priority, support, tax, trustee, and administrative treatment [____] [____] [____] [____]
Liquidation comparison [____] [____] [____] [____]
Monthly plan payment and funding source [____] [____] [____] [____]
Feasibility and sensitivity [____] [____] [____] [____]

8. Plan and nonstandard-provision control

Selected controlling plan form and version: [________________________________]

Provision/treatment Form section Supporting authority Facts/calculation Notice/service Approved?
[________________] [____] [____] [____] [____] [YES/NO]

Do not add a nonstandard provision outside the location or process allowed by
the controlling form and current rules. Do not invent default, cure, fees,
vesting, lien release, surrender, claim, tax refund, insurance, income-change,
or postpetition-credit treatment.

9. Signature, filing, and service control

Document Signer Signature method Verification/declaration Filing event Service/proof
[________________] [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]

Preserve signed source documents, identity and authority checks, electronic-
filing authorization, filed PDFs, notices of filing, docket receipts, payment
receipts, service lists, certificates, returned mail, and corrected versions.
Do not add notary, jury, arbitration, integration, severability, counterpart,
indemnity, liability-cap, or private forum clauses to bankruptcy forms.

10. Final filing review

☐ District and venue verified from current facts and authority

☐ Eligibility, repeat-filing, counseling, urgent-relief, and chapter choice reviewed

☐ Every national and District of Delaware form and version confirmed immediately before filing

☐ Petition, schedules, statements, matrix, plan, tax, income, education, fee, and local duties separately calendared

☐ Assets, values, ownership, exemptions, liens, claims, contracts, transfers, and codebtors reconciled

☐ Plan calculations and treatments match the controlling form and current authority

☐ Signatures, declarations, authorizations, filing, service, and proof completed correctly

☐ Bankruptcy counsel approved every filed document

Prepared by: [________________________________]

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