My lawyer's paralegal insists that she explained the deadline to me, but all she said was that it needed to be done before the discharge occurred (without specifying any exact timeline for that to happen). She didn't explain that there was a timeline from the time of the first Meeting of the Creditors. I wasn't informed by the lawyer's office that there was a time limit that did not change even with the several continuances. It seems to me that they weren't following my case closely to see if the trustee was finished review my file. I received a phone call on Monday asking me for the certificate. I e-mailed it to their office on Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon I received the phone call telling me that the case was closed as of last Friday. If their office was being diligent, wouldn't they have known that the case had already been closed by the trustee?
From what I have now read, my case wasn't actually dismissed, but closed due to not filing Form 23. It is now my understanding that a Motion to Reopen the case will have to be filed with the Form 23 attached. It said that often the judge will sign off on it if that is all that prevented the case from being discharged. Is that correct?
I guess for now, I'll need to pay whatever fee to complete the bankruptcy. Is fee arbitration something I can do after the bankruptcy is complete?
Thank you in advance.

