Book VII: TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

The call to creditors provided for in Article L. 741-8 shall be published by the registry of the judicial court in accordance with the forms provided for in Article R. 723-2. Failing agreement between the parties, the protection litigation judge shall designate, by order, the party or parties who shall bear the costs.

The clerk’s office shall convene each of the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at least fifteen days before the date of the contestation hearing.

The judgment in which the judge rules on the challenge is subject to appeal.

Where the provisions of Article L. 714-1, the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 733-17-1 shall apply. The letter provided for in this paragraph shall also include the information provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article R. 741-1.

When the judge pronounces a personal recovery order without compulsory liquidation, a notice of the order is sent for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales (Official Bulletin of Civil and Commercial Announcements) by the court registry. This publication includes the full name of the debtor, his date of birth, the number of the department in which he resides, the date of the judgment, an indication of…

The court clerk’s office carries out publicity measures to allow creditors who have not been notified to lodge third-party objections to the judgment pronouncing a personal recovery without judicial liquidation. Creditors have two months in which to lodge third-party objections.