On March 27, 2020, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).  Section 1113 of that legislation made several changes to the Bankruptcy Code, most of them temporary, to provide financial assistance during the Coronavirus crisis.

The enactment of the CARES Act requires one-year amendments to five official forms to account for a new definition of “debtor” applicable to subchapter V of chapter 11 and a new exclusion from the definitions of “current monthly income” and “disposable income.”  Because the CARES Act took effect immediately upon enactment and its bankruptcy provisions are of limited duration, the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules has exercised the authority delegated to it by the Judicial Conference to make conforming technical changes to five bankruptcy forms.

Amended Official Forms:  101, 122A-1, 122B, 122C-1, and 201.

Information regarding the changes to the Official Forms effective April 2020 is available on the United States Courts’ website on the Pending Changes in the Bankruptcy Forms page.