One of the main reasons to file chapter 13 bankruptcy is to save your house from foreclosure. If you are doing a “save your house” chapter 13 bankruptcy, then you are probably behind on your mortgage payments. To save your house in chapter 13 bankruptcy, you must do two things:

1. Restart paying your contractually due mortgage payment, and
2. Propose to cure your mortgage arrears (back payments) in your chapter 13 plan.

In most bankruptcy districts the debtor is responsible for paying the mortgage directly. However, some districts will have the debtor pay the bankruptcy trustee both the mortgage payment and the chapter 13 plan payment.

If you are in a district that has the debtor make the payment, the debtor must start paying the mortgage on the next due date after the case is filed. Most mortgage payments are due the 1^st day of the month; so, if your attorney files your chapter 13 bankruptcy on March 5^th, the debtor must pay the next mortgage on or before April 1. 

In chapter 13 bankruptcy, if the debtor desires to keep their home and is behind on payments, the debtor must pay the regular mortgage payment the next due date after the chapter 13 bankruptcy case is filed.

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