In the past I have had clients ask what happens if they miss the meeting of creditors (or section 341(a) meeting). I do recognize that things do come up that are hard to avoid, especially when you work forty or more hours a week and have a family to raise, but it is considered unwise to schedule a meeting and then not honor your legal obligation to meet with your bankruptcy trustee. Missing the meeting that you voluntary agreed to attend when you filed for bankruptcy would alienate the trustee.

Keep in mind that if you reschedule a meeting of creditors it can result in additional attorney fees and in extra court notices being served on the trustee and other parties in the case. This would give the parties involved yet another opportunity to decide to object to your case.

That being said, the meeting of creditors can be rescheduled. If you have an emergency, such as a serious illness or other circumstance making it impossible to attend, notify your bankruptcy attorney and he or she will contact the trustee, inform him or her of the difficulty, obtain a new date for the meeting, and send out a notice of the rescheduling to the creditors and other interested parties. But rescheduling should only be done as a last resort and when absolutely necessary.

If you have any other questions and live in Denver, Aurora, Arvada, Brighton, Broomfield, Commerce City, Englewood, Golden, Highlands Ranch, Lakewood, Lafayette, Littleton, Northglenn, Westminster, Wheat Ridge, Colorado please feel free to contact me. Kevin D. Heupel, Colorado Bankruptcy lawyer, 303-955-7570, COBankruptcyHelpEmail, free-consultation form.