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L.B.R. 1006-1. Installment Payments and Filing Fee Waivers

(a)  Request to Pay Filing Fee in Installments.  An individual debtor seeking to pay the petition filing fee in installments must file an application using Official Form 103A, Application for Individuals to Pay the Filing Fee in Installments.

(b)  Request to Waive Filing Fee.  An individual debtor seeking a waiver of the filing fee in a chapter 7 case must file an application using Official Form 103B, Application to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived and include the following:

(1)  copies of all pay advices, other evidence of income in the 60 days prior to filing for bankruptcy, or L.B.F. 1007-6.1; and

(2)  completed Schedules I and J, even if all other statements and schedules are not filed at the time the request is made. 

(3)  Any order granting a request for fee waiver is conditional and subject to further investigation by the United States Trustee, trustee, or other parties.

(c)  Request to Waive Appeal Fee.  The requirements of L.B.R. 1006-1(b) apply to any individual debtor seeking a waiver of the filing fee in an appeal.