Unless the court otherwise directs and except as otherwise prescribed in Part I of these rules, the following rules in Part VII apply to all proceedings contesting an involuntary petition or a chapter 15 petition for recognition, and to all proceedings to vacate an order for relief: Rules 7005, 7008–7010, 7015, 7016, 7024–7026, 7028–7037, 7052, 7054, 7056, and 7062. The court may direct that other rules in Part VII shall also apply. For the purposes of this rule a reference in the Part VII rules to adversary proceedings shall be read as a reference to proceedings contesting an involuntary petition or a chapter 15 petition for recognition, or proceedings to vacate an order for relief. Reference in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to the complaint shall be read as a reference to the petition.
(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 28, 2010, eff. Dec. 1, 2010.)
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Unless the court otherwise directs and except as otherwise prescribed in Part I of these(a) Applying Part VII Rules. Unless the court orders or a Part I rule provides otherwise, Rules 7005, 7008-10, 7015-16, 7024-26, 7028-37, 7052, 7054, 7056, and 7062-together with any other Part VII rules, as the following rules in Part VII apply to allcourt may order-apply to the following:
(1) a proceedings that contestings either an involuntary petition or a cChapter 15 petition for recognition,; and to all
(2) a proceedings to vacate an order for relief: Rules 7005, 7008-7010, 7015, 7016, 7024-7026, 7028-7037, 7052, 7054, 7056, and 7062. The court may direct that other rules in Part VII shall also apply. For the purposes of this rule a reference in the Part VII rules to adversary proceedings shall be read a.
(b) References to an ‘‘Adversary Proceeding.’’ Any reference to an ‘‘adversary proceeding’’ in the rules listed in (a) is a reference to the proceedings contesting an involuntary petition or a chapter 15 petition for recognition, or proceedings to vacate an order for relief. Referencelisted in (a)(1)-(2).
(c) ‘‘Complaint ’’ Means ‘‘Petition.’’ For the proceedings described in (a), a reference to the ‘‘complaint’’ in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to the complaint shallmust be read as a reference to the petition.
(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 28, 2010, eff. Dec. 1, 2010; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)