The district at a glance
- Chief Judge Austin E. Carter, with Kyle George as Clerk
- Consumer filings: 6,491 total — 1,962 Chapter 7 and 4,529 Chapter 13, a 69.8% Chapter 13 share
- Filing fees: $338 for Chapter 7, $313 for Chapter 13
- Chapter 13 plan is the standard form contained in the Clerk's Instructions — not Official Form 113
- Local rules dated April 2026, with the Clerk's Instructions dated September 2025 published alongside them
- The plan mandate binds the trustee and holders of secured and unsecured claims as proponents, not only debtors
- Provisions varying from the standard form outside the special provision section are deemed void
- Property of the estate remains estate property after confirmation unless the plan conspicuously provides for revesting
Official court website: gamb.uscourts.gov
Flat per-case pricing, M.D. Ga. or anywhere
$400 Chapter 13 without plan · $500 with the standard plan drafted · $300 personal Chapter 7 · $400 business Chapter 7. In a district that is 70% Chapter 13, the plan rate is the number that matters. No retainer, no minimum, no long-term contract — and if the trustee kicks something back because we got it wrong, we fix it at no charge.
District details verified August 2026 against the court's Local Rules dated April 2026 (LBR 3015-1 through 3015-3) and its published judges and clerk; the standard plan form is published in the Clerk's Instructions, dated September 2025. Filing counts are from Administrative Office consumer filing data. Chapter 13 trustee assignments are confirmed per case rather than listed here. Median-income figures are the U.S. Trustee table for cases filed on or after July 15, 2026 and are revised periodically. Always confirm against current sources at gamb.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.