What a Chapter 13 Trustee Actually Does #bankruptcy #legal

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]In a chapter 13 bankruptcy, the trustee's role traditionally is broader.

[00:00:06]That's because in a chapter 13 bankruptcy, you retain all of your assets. The issue is how much has to be paid back. The chapter 13 trustee does all of the things that a chapter 7 trustee does, but is also charged with administering the chapter 13 plan that you filed with the court. This means that the chapter 13 trustee is carefully reviewing the chapter 13 repayment plan that you filed with the court. They are making certain that it provides for each creditor to be paid in the way they're entitled to based on your liquidation analysis, and they do this for a 3-to-5-year period of time depending on the payment term that you select. And they're also making sure that it's feasible.