What role does the Chapter 13 trustee play in the case?
The Chapter 13 trustee performs many roles. The trustee serves as a disbursing agent for payments under the plan. The trustee examines the debtor at the meeting of creditors. The trustee can also object to confirmation of the plan and makes a determination in each case whether the debtor has satisfied the disposable income test, the means test, and the best interest of creditors test. If one or more of these tests are not satisfactory, it is the trustee’s duty to object to confirmation. The trustee can also file a motion to dismiss the Chapter 13 case for a bad faith filing or for failure to make payments called for by the plan.
