Note From the Team 👋

Welcome to the June 2023 edition of the NextChapter newsletter! We are excited to share our latest updates, a feature highlight, industry news, and a customer story. Make sure you don’t miss our co-hosted webinar with Debtor CC “NextChapter's Integration with DebtorCC” on Wed, July 12, at 3:00 PM ET!

Webinars 🖥

Join our sales and support teams for our upcoming webinars:

NextChapter's Integration with DebtorCC: Wed, July 12, at 3:00 PM ET

Chapter 13 Training: Wed, Jun 28, 3:00 PM ET

Transition to NextChapter: Tue, Jul 25, 1:00 PM ET

If you are not able to attend the webinars they will be recorded and posted once the webinars end. We will also be hosting a Q&A at the end of each webinar. We look forward to seeing everyone!

NextChapter Feature Highlight ✨

This month, we are excited to highlight our credit counseling integration with DebtorCC, an online platform for bankruptcy filers to complete the first and second credit counseling courses.

This integration simplifies getting your client connected to credit counseling courses by inviting them directly through NextChapter’s software. All you need to do is invite your client to take the online course and once they have finished, the certificate populates into the NextChapter app to be included with your case filing. Read more on our website for a step-by-step guide!

Product Updates 🚀

• Means Test Update: IRS figures updated as of 5/15/23 are now live in the app

• Northern District of Oklahoma: Post-Petition Filing now Available

• Northern District of Ohio: Added Event Code, Certificate of Service

• Expenses Update: Field for 401K Payments has been removed

  • This information was not reporting on any form, so we removed the field from Expenses to eliminate user confusion.

• Ability to remove Recent Payment Dates from SOFA line 6

  • SOFA line 6 is populated by entering recent payment dates in within your claims. Previously, users were unable to delete any additional payment dates that may have been entered in error. Now, you have the ability to delete these.

• Bug fixes

Industry News 🗞

The US Department of Education has announced that student loan payments will resume this October, with interest set to start accruing in September.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is set to release their decision on student loan forgiveness before the end of June, which brings us to the end of this week. These have massive implications on borrowers as they won’t know exactly what they owe until a decision is made on any forgiveness amounts. Regardless, loan servicers will be required to alert borrowers of payments and statements at least 21 days before any payments are due.

Customer Story 👱‍♂️

MJ Cobb is an experienced paralegal who works at McBride & Associates, P.C., which was founded in 2002 and is located in Edmond, Oklahoma. Her firm specializes in bankruptcy and comprises of 5 staff members who file roughly 20 bankruptcy cases per year.

MJ was inspired to become a bankruptcy paralegal because she enjoys making a difference in people’s lives. She has been using NextChapter for a couple years and enjoys our MyChapter Client Portal feature, which is an online questionnaire for clients. Along with that, her favorite device to use NextChapter on is her Windows/PC and she appreciates the organizational tools and precision this software offers to make filing her cases easier. When MJ is not working, she enjoys spending her time sewing or hiking outdoors. We are lucky to have such a kind paralegal using our software!