(a) Payment or Transfer to Attorney Before Order for Re - lief . On motion by any party in interest or on the court’s own initiative, the court after notice and a hearing may determine whether any payment of money or any transfer of property by the debtor, made directly or indirectly and in contemplation of the filing of a petition under the Code by or against the debtor or before entry of the order for relief in an involuntary case, to an attorney for services rendered or to be rendered is excessive.
(b) Payment or Transfer to Attorney After Order for Re - lief . On motion by the debtor, the United States trustee, or on the court’s own initiative, the court after notice and a hearing may determine whether any payment of money or any transfer of property, or any agreement therefor, by the debtor to an attorney after entry of an order for relief in a case under the Code is excessive, whether the payment or transfer is made or is to be made directly or indirectly, if the payment, transfer, or agreement therefor is for services in any way related to the case.
(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991.)
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(a) Payments or Transfers to an Attorney Made in Con - templation of Filing a Petition or Before the Order for Re - lief . On motion by anya party in interest or on the court’s own initiative’s motion, or on its own, the court may, after notice and a hearing may, determine whether any debtor’s direct or indirect payment of money or any transfer of property by the debtor, made directly or ito an attorney for services rendered or to be rendierectly andd was excessive if it was made:
(1) in contemplation of the filing of a petition under the Codebankruptcy petition by or against the debtor; or
(2) before entry of the order for relief is entered in an involuntary case, to an attorney for services rendered or to be rendered is excessive.
(b) Payments or Transfers to an Attorney Made After the Order for Re - lief Is Entered. On motion byof the debtor, or the United States trustee, or on the court’s own initiativeits own, the court may, after notice and a hearing may, determine whether any debtor’s payment of money or any transfer of property, -or any agreement therefor, by the debtor o pay money or transfer property-to an attorney after entry of an order for relief in a case under the Code is excessive,s entered is excessive. It does not matter whether the payment or transfer is made, or is to be made, directly or indirectly, if the payment, transfer, or agreement therefor is for services in any way related to the case.
(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)