Motion to Sever
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Also known as a Motion to Bifurcate or Motion to Split Case, this event is used when joint debtors wish to have different dispositions to their cases (e.g. husband and wife file joint chapter 13 case, one debtor wishes to remain in chapter 13, one wants to convert to chapter 7. If granted, the debtor wishing a different disposition will be given a new case number. Any motion to convert should be filed in the new case after the bifurcation.
Note, there is a filing fee for a motion to sever. Refer to http://www.vtb.uscourts.gov/issues/fees20081001.pdf.