Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
Rule 2012 — Substituting a Trustee in a Chapter 11 or 12 Case; Suc- cessor Trustee in a Pending Proceeding
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2012
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2012 (Substituting a Trustee in a Chapter 11 or 12 Case; Suc- cessor Trustee in a Pending Proceeding) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.
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Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2012.
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(a)SUBSTITUTING A TRUSTEE. The trustee is automatically sub-
stituted for the debtor in possession as a party in any pending ac-
tion, proceeding, or matter if:
(1)the trustee is appointed in a Chapter 11 case (other than
under Subchapter V); or
(2)the debtor is removed as debtor in possession in a Chap-
ter 12 case or in a case under Subchapter V of Chapter 11.
(b)SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. If a trustee dies, resigns, is removed, or
otherwise ceases to hold office while a bankruptcy case is pending,
the successor trustee is automatically substituted as a party in
any pending action, proceeding, or matter. The successor trustee
must prepare, file, and send to the United States trustee an ac-
counting of the estate’s prior administration.
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Advisory Committee Notes
(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Apr. 11, 2022, eff. Dec. 1, 2022; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)