Reform, Reform and more Reform ...

Technical Corrections Bill The “technical corrections” bill pending in Congress is up to 100 pages and growing. As if the Reform Act isn't complicated enough ... =============================== Effective date for new filing fees The Administrative Office of the Courts indicates that these new fees will be effective Octover 17, 2005: Chapter 7 $274 [includes Clerk $220; Trustee $15; Admin $39] Chapter 13 $189 [includes Clerk $220; Trustee $15; Admin $39] Fees will not be retroactive. The changes were contained in §325 of the Reform Act, as amended by H.R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, signed into law May 11, 2005.