District guide · M.D. Fla.

Petition prep for the Middle District of Florida

M.D. Fla. is one of the highest-volume consumer districts in the country — 26,226 cases filed in 2025 — and it runs on its own rules: a district Model Chapter 13 Plan instead of Form 113, a 7-day trustee document deadline, and four divisions with four different trustee workflows. We prepare Chapter 7 and 13 cases filing-ready to exactly these requirements, in your own software, for your review and signature.

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The district at a glance

Four divisions — Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Fort Myers — and the court does not assign the division: counsel is responsible for filing in the right one under Local Rule 1071-1
2025 filings: 26,226 total (20,274 Chapter 7 · 5,457 Chapter 13), led by Tampa (10,031) and Orlando (8,625)
Filing fees: $338 for Chapter 7, $313 for Chapter 13 — and Chapter 13 filing fees may not be paid through the plan
NextGen CM/ECF; filings must be text-searchable PDFs converted from the original document, not scans
All §341 meetings are held by Zoom, trustee by trustee

Official court website: flmb.uscourts.gov

Flat per-case pricing, M.D. Fla. or anywhere

$300 personal Chapter 7 · $400 business Chapter 7 · $400 Chapter 13 without plan · $500 with the Model Plan drafted. No retainer, no minimum, no long-term contract.

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District details verified August 2026 against the court's local rules (eff. Aug. 15, 2025), Administrative Order FLMB-2025-1, the trustees' published requirements, and the U.S. Trustee Program's means-testing tables. Rules, forms, trustee assignments, and median-income figures change — always confirm against current sources at flmb.uscourts.gov and justice.gov/ust. Services are provided exclusively to licensed attorneys and law firms. We are not a bankruptcy petition preparer and do not provide legal advice or services to the public.

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Paralegal Bankruptcy Services is a 100% U.S.-based bankruptcy paralegal firm working exclusively for licensed attorneys and law firms. Chapter 7 preparation is $300 per case for a personal filing and $400 for a business filing, or $410 with extended case management through discharge. Chapter 13 is $400 per case, or $500 with plan drafting. Chapter 11 is billed at $90 per hour, and our general rate for overflow, amendments, and routine work is $70 per hour. An emergency skeleton petition to trigger the automatic stay is $175, with full schedules to follow. Chapter 7 cases come back in 7 days and Chapter 13 in 10, once we have a complete intake package. Our paralegals draft directly inside your Best Case, Jubilee, or NextChapter account, so nothing is re-keyed. We carry errors and omissions and cyber liability insurance, and our team of six is bilingual in English and Spanish.

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Petition prep for the Middle District of Florida

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