Alabama Middle District Bankruptcy Court Filing Statistics

The Alabama Middle covers all of Central and Southeastern Alabama. The court has offices in Montgomery and Dothan Alabama. For more information about this court, please visit www.almd.uscourts.gov The court's address is:

Following are quarterly bankruptcy filing statistics for the Alabama Middle District Bankruptcy Court. These statistics are courtesy of the U.S. Courts website (www.uscourts.gov).

Consumer Bankruptcy Filing Statistics

This table shows the number of consumer bankruptcies filed in the Alabama Middle district bankruptcy court from July 1, 2011 through June 30 2012.

Consumer Bankruptcy Filing Summary

• From July 2011 to June 3012 Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings decreased by 9%.
• From July 2011 to June 3012 Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings decreased by 7%.
• Of the 7,723 consumer bankruptcies filed in the Alabama Middle bankruptcy district, 24% were Chapter 7 bankruptcies and 76% were Chapter 13 bankruptcies.

Business Bankruptcy Filing Statistics

The following table shows the number of business bankruptcies filed in the Alabama Middle district bankruptcy court from July 1, 2011 through June 30 2012.

Business Bankruptcy Filing Summary

• From July 2011 to June 3012 Chapter 7 business bankruptcy filings increased by 23%.
• From July 2011 to June 3012 Chapter 11 business bankruptcy filings decreased by 43%.
• From July 2011 to June 3012 Chapter 12 business bankruptcy filings decreased by 0%.
• From July 2011 to June 3012 Chapter 13 business bankruptcy filings decreased by 50%.
• Of the 164 business bankruptcies filed in the Alabama Middle bankruptcy district, 74% were Chapter 7 bankruptcies, 16% were Chapter 11 bankruptcies, 2% were Chapter 12 bankruptcies, and 7% were Chapter 13 bankruptcies.