Bankruptcy Petition - Chapter 7

ARIZONA CHAPTER 7 FILING PREPARATION AND FORM-CONTROL PACKET

Important Use Gate

DO NOT FILE THIS PACKET. It is not a bankruptcy petition or court form and does not commence a case, invoke a stay, claim an exemption, request a discharge, disclose a Social Security number, or satisfy any filing or debtor duty.

Download the current national forms and the selected court's current local forms, rules, orders, fee schedule, filing checklist, creditor-list specifications, signature instructions, and debtor instructions immediately before use. Transfer only verified information to the required forms.

This packet is limited to preparation for a potential individual or joint-individual Chapter 7 filing connected to Arizona. A business entity, involuntary case, converted case, another chapter, non-individual debtor, or special proceeding requires a different workflow.

1. Matter Control

2. Court, District, and Filing Route

☐ The court and division were selected from current official instructions rather than from the debtor's mailing address alone.

3. Debtor and Filing Classification

Eligibility or chapter-selection issue requiring separate advice: [____________________________________________________________]

4. Prior-Case Register

Attach the docket, petition, dismissal, conversion, discharge, closing, reopening, and stay-related orders for every prior case.

5. Current-Authority and Form Register

Do not use a form number, deadline, exemption amount, or procedural statement from this packet. Record the live source used for every required document and rule.

6. Arizona Exemption and Domicile Analysis

Do not select an exemption system or copy an amount until counsel completes the current domicile and exemption analysis for the filing date.

Exemption Worktable

7. Asset and Claim Inventory

8. Debt and Creditor Reconciliation

Reconcile credit reports, statements, collection letters, lawsuits, liens, judgments, taxes, domestic-support matters, leases, contracts, co-debtors, guarantees, and disputed or contingent claims. Do not omit a creditor because the debt may be disputed, old, secured, nondischargeable, paid by another person, or subject to settlement.

9. Income, Expense, and Transaction Record

10. Filing and Early-Case Deadline Calendar

Calculate from current authority, the actual filing date, the court notice, trustee instructions, and any case-specific order.

11. Stay, Discharge, and Debt-Treatment Review

This packet makes no representation that a filing will be accepted, that a stay will apply to a person or act, that property is protected, that a debt will be discharged, or that a discharge will be entered.

12. Accuracy, Privacy, and Signature Controls

☐ Every completed official form was reconciled to source records and cross-checked against every other form.

☐ Names, addresses, claim amounts, account identifiers, and creditor-list entries match.

☐ Full personal identifiers appear only where the current forms and rules require them.

☐ Each signer reviewed the completed official and local forms, not merely this packet.

☐ The correct signature, electronic-filing, verification, certification, and original-retention method was confirmed for the selected court and filer.

☐ Counsel reviewed amendments, corrections, notice, and supplemental disclosures required by any later-discovered fact.

☐ No person acting only as a nonattorney preparer selected a chapter, exemption, legal classification, or legal response.

13. Final Filing Authorization

☐ Current federal, Arizona, district, division, and case-specific sources were checked on the intended filing date.

☐ Eligibility, chapter selection, prior cases, counseling, means testing, venue, and filing method are resolved.

☐ The current national and local forms package is complete and internally consistent.

☐ Domicile, exemption choice, every exemption amount, valuation, ownership, and lien are supported.

☐ Every asset, claim, debt, creditor, co-debtor, contract, lease, income source, expense, transfer, payment, and prior proceeding is addressed.

☐ Fees, attorney compensation, preparer disclosures, signatures, privacy, creditor-list format, and document retention comply with the selected route.

☐ Every filing, trustee, meeting, course, secured-debt, amendment, and case-specific date is calendared.

☐ Stay, estate, exemption, discharge, and debt-treatment expectations were explained without guarantees.

☐ The final filing consists only of completed current official forms, required local forms, supporting documents, and separately prepared papers—not this packet.

• Reviewing attorney: [________________________________]
• Arizona bar number: [________________________________]
• Review date: [__/__/____]
• Approved filing package version: [________________________________]
• Remaining conditions before filing: [________________________________]

End of preparation packet. Do not file or attach this packet.