Remaining portions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA), pertaining to new statistical reporting requirements, are effective October 20, 2006. To comply with the law, and meet additional reporting requirements placed on the courts by the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida converted to an updated version of CM/ECF (Release 3.1) over the weekend of October 14.

PLEASE NOTE: Significant changes have been incorporated into the case opening processes of 3.1 that will not permit the filing of a bankruptcy petition or adversary complaint utilizing prior software releases.

If you were unable to attend one of the training sessions held prior to 10/20/06, the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts has prepared applicable notes for PACER users that can be found at:

The Judicial Conference approved at its meeting on September 19, 2006, form amendments that are effective on October 1, 2006. Copies of these forms can be found via the link below:

With the conversion to 3.1, the generic motion and application events are no longer available. Please contact Julie Gibson: Julie_Gibson@flnb.uscourts.gov for assistance in finding the proper event or to possibly have a new one developed.

If you have any questions pertaining to our conversion efforts, please contact our HelpDesk. As always, we appreciate your patience and cooperation as we move forward.