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Common misspelling which may violate Ohio bankruptcy statutory pleading requirements for specific petition
language. Courts are provided with broad discretion to allow debtors to cure errors at the present time,
including misspellings, however pending legislation provides for mandatory dismissals in many new circumstances.
Other common misspellings include bankuptcy, bankruptcie, bankluptcie, bankrupty, bankruptsy, bankrupcy, bankluptsy,
banruptcy, bakruptcy, bnkruptcy, bankrutcy, bankrptcy, bankruptsie bankluptcy, bamkruptcy, bankruptyc, bankrupcty, bankrutpcy, bankrputcy, bankurptcy,
banrkuptcy, baknruptcy and bankruptc.
| 11 U.S.C. §302: "(a) Joint cases under a chapter of this title is commenced by the
filing with the bankruptcy court of a single petition under such chapter by an individual that may be a debtor under
such chapter and such individual's spouse. The commencement of a joint case under a chapter of this
title constitutes an order for relief under such chapter. (b) After the commencement of a joint case,
the court shall determine the extent, if any, to which the debtors' estates shall be consolidated " |
Most Courts across the county, including Ohio bankruptcy Courts, require all cases to be filed
electronically. Electronic filing includes online submission and filing by diskette at the clerk's office. On
03-15-04 the Ohio Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District issued the following order: "Notice to Attorneys
Concerning Paper Filings: Any Attorney wishing to file a new petition or other document on paper, under
circumstances that are not governed by one of the exceptions to mandatory electronic case filing set forth in
Amended General Order 03-1, shall initially file a motion for leave to file on paper. The motion, which may be
filed via the mail or over the counter, shall be accompanied by an affidavit and proposed order. The affidavit
shall set forth the specific reasons that the filing cannot be made electronically."
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