United States · Bankruptcy appellate procedure
When must a bankruptcy appellee designate additional record parts?
FRAP 6(b)(2)(B)(ii) gives an appellee fourteen days after service of the appellant’s designation to designate additional necessary record parts. File with the record-holding clerk and serve the appellant. FRAP 26(c) may add three days. This preset does not collect the actual service conditions, so no computed date is published.
- Period
- Fourteen-day base period after service, with any applicable FRAP 26(c) addition and actual extension
- Trigger
- Service of the appellant’s record designation, including actual service and delivery facts
- Rule
- FRAP 6(b)(2)(B)(ii)
December 1, 2025 compilation
Source guide · No automated date
Establish service and any added time
The isolated fourteen-day preset cannot implement the FRAP 26(c) service-dependent addition. This guide publishes no computed date or paid calculation record.
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Which event starts this bankruptcy appellate procedure?
Confirm the Rule 6(b) appeal route and whether additional parts are necessary.
Establish when the appellant’s designation was served and preserve proof of service.
Identify electronic service and whether delivery occurred on the date stated in the proof.
Read any actual extension. Filing the appellant’s designation alone does not establish its service date.
FRAP 6(b)(2)(B)(ii)Why is the base period insufficient?
- Identify actual service of the appellant’s designation.
- Check electronic service and actual delivery facts.
- Count the base period before any applicable addition.
- Read actual extensions and complete filing and service.
Establish actual service and delivery facts. If FRAP 26(c) applies, add three calendar days after the base period otherwise expires. The isolated fourteen-day preset does not collect those facts or perform that addition.
FRAP 26(a)(6) includes the listed federal holidays and days declared holidays by the President or Congress. For a period after an event, it also includes holidays declared by the state where the challenged district court or the circuit clerk’s principal office is located. Read the Rule 6 court substitutions, actual court calendar and closure notices. The national calculator does not infer extra state holidays or inaccessibility.
FRAP 26(a)(4)–(6), (b) and (c)Why is no automated date shown?
The preset does not collect actual service conditions or perform the possible addition. No numerical fixture or paid result is published.
Which qualifications change the procedure?
- Service-dependent added days
- Rule 26(c) adds three calendar days after the base period otherwise expires unless service was electronic or delivery occurred on the date stated in the proof of service.
- Both filing and service
- Rule 6(b)(2)(B)(ii) requires filing the additional designation with the clerk and serving the appellant.
- Necessary parts and route
- The appellee designates other necessary parts within the Rule 6(b) redesignated record. This is distinct from initial Bankruptcy Rule 8009 assembly and the direct-appeal route.
- Actual extension
- Read FRAP 26(b), local requirements and any granted extension. Do not infer an extension from a pending request.
- This guide does not establish appellate jurisdiction, decide whether certification became effective, read case orders or supply a court-specific fee amount.
- Initial bankruptcy notice, underlying record assembly, stay requests and direct-appeal authorization require their own procedures.
What should I check before completing this act?
Common questions
Scope and procedural completion
Does fourteen days after service always give the final date?
No. The Rule 26(c) service conditions may require three calendar days after the base period otherwise expires.
FRAP 26(a)(4)–(6), (b) and (c)Is filing enough without serving the appellant?
No. Rule 6(b)(2)(B)(ii) requires filing with the clerk and service on the appellant.
FRAP 6(b)(2)(B)–(D)Does the appellee use the appellant’s notice-filing trigger?
No. The appellee’s period runs after service of the appellant’s designation. The appellant’s own designation runs after notice filing.
FRAP 6(b)(2)(B)–(D)Official sources and scope
Provisions used (9)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| FRAP 6(b)(2)(B)(ii) | The required act, actor and starting event |
| FRAP 6(b)(1)–(2)(A) | District-court and BAP appellate route and rehearing qualifications |
| FRAP 6(b)(2)(B)–(D) | Record designation, availability and filing are separate acts |
| FRAP 6(c)(1)–(2)(F) | Direct-appeal scope, authorization entry, fees and docketing |
| FRAP 6(c)(2)(G)–(K) | Direct record procedures and representation statement |
| FRAP 26(a) | Counting and inaccessibility |
| FRAP 26(a)(4)–(6), (b) and (c) | Filing boundaries, holidays, extensions and service additions |
| FRAP 25(a)(1)–(2) | Filing and separate service |
| FRAP 25(b)–(d) | Filing and separate service |