RULE 3015-2     Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation

(a) 	Scheduling the Confirmation Hearing. The chapter 13 plan confirmation hearing will be scheduled by the court. 

(b) 	Deadline to Object to the Plan. Unless the court orders otherwise: 1) the deadline to object to Chapter 13 plan confirmation shall be no fewer than five days before the confirmation hearing; and 2) the chapter 13 trustee and the United States trustee shall have an automatic extension of the time to object to confirmation of a plan until 14 days after conclusion of the first meeting of creditors or five days before a rescheduled confirmation hearing,
whichever is earlier. Unless the court orders otherwise, the 28-day objection deadline in BR 2002(b) shall apply to all plans and any pre-confirmation plan modifications.

(c) 	Notice of Confirmation Hearing. If both a plan and a confirmation hearing notice are filed with the petition in accordance with the clerk’s case opening instructions, the clerk will include a copy of the plan and hearing notice with the notice of the bankruptcy filing. In all other cases, the debtor shall serve on all creditors and other parties in interest a copy of the plan and the confirmation hearing notice, and shall file a certificate of service within three days
thereafter. Note: NM LF 600 and 601 were created by the clerk for compliance with this rule.

(d) 	Requirements for Confirmation. The debtor shall appear in person at any final hearing on plan confirmation, absent exigent circumstances or court approval. The debtor’s failure to attend the final confirmation hearing may be grounds to dismiss the case. The chapter 13 trustee is not required to approve any confirmation order until the debtor has filed a
certification of compliance with Code §§ 1325(a)(8) and (a)(9). If the debtor is not required to pay a domestic support obligation, the certificate shall so state.