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📅 Chapter 7 Objection Timeline
📌 Day 0 – Bankruptcy Filed
- Automatic stay begins.
- Creditors receive notice.
📌 3–5 Weeks After Filing – 341 Meeting
- Meeting of creditors is held.
- Trustee questions debtor.
- Creditors may attend (most do not).
📌 60 Days After the First Scheduled 341 Date
⚠️ Deadline to File Objections
Creditors must file:
- Objection to Dischargeability (§ 523)
- Objection to Discharge (§ 727)
If no objection is filed by this deadline:
✔ Most discharge challenges are permanently barred.
📌 After Deadline Passes
- Case moves toward discharge.
- Court enters discharge order (usually shortly thereafter).
- Debts are legally eliminated (subject to statutory exceptions).
⚖️ Why the 60-Day Deadline Matters
If a creditor misses it:
- They cannot later claim fraud (with very limited exceptions).
- They lose leverage to challenge dischargeability.
- The debt is wiped out.
The 60-day window is strict.


