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Bankr. M.D. Fla. Local Rule 3020-1 — Chapter 11 – Confirmation: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA (WITH AMENDMENTS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 15, 2025), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida alongside the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and any judge-specific procedures.
(a) Amendments to the Plan. Amendments to the plan must be filed with the Court either as a single integrated amended plan or incorporated in the order of confirmation. (b) Objections to Confirmation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any objections to confirmation in a Chapter 11 case must be filed and served seven days before the date of the hearing on confirmation. The objection must be served upon the debtor, the debtor’s attorney, the trustee or examiner (if any), the proponent of the plan (if not the debtor), counsel for any official committee, and the United States Trustee. (c) Confirmation Order. The plan proponent is responsible for preparing the order of confirmation and submitting it to the Court for entry. The order must be submitted to the Court within 14 days after the hearing on confirmation. (1) Contents of Confirmation Order. The confirmation order must include the following, if applicable: (A) a schedule summarizing the exact timing and amount of distributions to be made to each class of creditors under the plan (the “Distribution Schedule”). However, if the confirmation order provides for pro rata distributions to a class of general nonpriority unsecured creditors from a fixed sum of money, the plan proponent must file the Distribution Schedule no later than 30 days after all objections to claims related to such class are resolved; (B) notice of any scheduled post-confirmation status conference; and, (C) if ordered by the Court, the form of a Post-Confirmation Avoidance & Claim Litigation Report to be filed in connection with post-confirmation status conferences conducted in the case. Forms are available on the Court’s website, www.flmb.uscourts.gov. (2) Service. The plan proponent must serve a conformed copy of the confirmation order together with a copy of the confirmed plan to all creditors, the United States Trustee, those persons on the Local Rule 1007-2 Parties in Interest List, and other parties as may be designated by the Court and file a proof of such service in accordance with the provisions of Local Rule 9013-3 within 14 days of the entry of the order of confirmation on the docket. (d) Notice of Effective Date. The plan proponent must file and serve a notice of the plan’s effective date within seven days of the occurrence of such effective date. (e) Deadline for Filing Adversary Proceedings and Objections to Claims. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any adversary proceeding or contested matter contemplated by the Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and any objection to claim must be filed no later than 60 days after the entry of the order of confirmation.
(a) Amendments to the Plan. Amendments to the plan must be filed with the Court either as a single integrated amended plan or incorporated in the order of confirmation. (b) Objections to Confirmation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any objections to confirmation in a Chap