Rule 1018 — Contesting a Petition in an Involuntary or Chapter 15 Case; Vacating an Order for Relief; Applying Part VII Rules

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1018

• Source: Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
• Rule: 1018
• PART X: [ABROGATED]
• Citation: Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1018

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(a) APPLYING PART VII RULES. Unless the court orders or a Part
I rule provides otherwise, Rules 7005, 7008–10, 7015–16, 7024–26,
7028–37, 7052, 7054, 7056, and 7062—together with any other Part VII
rules as the court may order—apply to the following:
(1) a proceeding that contests either an involuntary petition
or a Chapter 15 petition for recognition; and
(2) a proceeding to vacate an order for relief.
(b) REFERENCES TO AN ‘‘ADVERSARY PROCEEDING.’’ Any reference
to an ‘‘adversary proceeding’’ in the rules listed in (a) is a ref-
erence to the proceedings listed in (a)(1)–(2).
(c) ‘‘COMPLAINT’’ MEANS ‘‘PETITION.’’ For the proceedings de-
scribed in (a), a reference to the ‘‘complaint’’ in the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure must be read as a reference to the petition.

Advisory Committee Notes

(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 28, 2010, eff. Dec. 1, 2010; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)