What is a chapter 13 trustee?
A chapter 13 trustee is a person appointed by the United States trustee to collect payments from the debtor, make payments to creditors in the manner set forth in the debtors plan, and administer the debtors chapter case until it is closed. In some cases the chapter 13 trustee is required to perform certain other duties, and the debtor is always required to cooperate with the chapter 13 trustee.
ANSWER – A chapter 13 trustee is a person appointed by the United States trustee to collect payments from the debtor, make payments to creditors in the manner set forth in the debtor’s plan, and administer the debtor’s chapter 13 case until it is closed. In some cases the chapter 13 trustee is required to perform certain other duties. The debtor is required to cooperate with the chapter 13 trustee.
A Chapter 13 trustee is an officer of the court, appointed to collect payments from the debtor, make payments to creditors in the manner set forth in the debtors plan, and administers the debtors Chapter 13 case. The Chapter 13 trustee is also required to perform certain other duties, and the debtor is required to cooperate with the Chapter 13 trustee.
Our office is responsible for administering all Chapter 13 Bankruptcy cases filed in the state of Colorado (collecting funds from individual debtors in Chapter 13 bankruptcy and disbursing those funds to their creditors according to each Court-confirmed Chapter 13 Plan). We are not the Bankruptcy Court (click this link or at the bottom of this page). If you need copies of documents from a bankruptcy case, please contact the Court because only the Court has ALL the officially filed documents in any bankruptcy case.
