---
title: "List the record for an answer contesting an involuntary petition"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/apply-to-set-aside-a-statutory-demand-served-on-a-company/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A8-L20261018-2-US"
practice_area: "Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List the record for an answer contesting an involuntary petition

> List the petition's stated ground, each petitioning creditor, and the pages that show a dispute, payment, or a custodian. Write no sentence of the answer.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy](https://ailawframework.com/practice/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | List the petition's stated ground, each petitioning creditor, and the pages that show a dispute, payment, or a custodian. Write no sentence of the answer. |
| What the lawyer must review | Section 303(d) allows the debtor, or a general partner who did not join, to answer. Rule 1011(a) allows the debtor to contest. Rule 1011(d) says the answer must not assert a claim against a petitioning creditor except to defeat the petition. If the petition is contested, Rule 1013(a) requires the court to rule at the earliest practicable time and promptly to order relief, dismiss, or make another appropriate order. After trial, § 303(h) allows relief only if the debtor is generally not paying debts as they become due, unless those debts are the subject of a bona fide dispute as to liability or amount, or a custodian of the kind described in (h)(2) was appointed or took possession within 120 days before the petition. If the court dismisses other than on consent of all petitioners and the debtor, and the debtor does not waive the judgment, § 303(i) allows costs or a reasonable attorney's fee, and, against a petitioner who filed in bad faith, proximate damages or punitive damages. You write the answer. Rule 9011 applies to it. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Apply to set aside a statutory demand served on a company](https://ailawframework.com/practice/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/apply-to-set-aside-a-statutory-demand-served-on-a-company.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the petition's stated ground, each petitioning creditor, and the pages that show a dispute, payment, or a custodian. Write no sentence of the answer.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A counterclaim against a petitioning creditor is limited to what defeats the petition.
- Section 303(i) is available only if the petition is dismissed other than on consent, and the debtor has not waived it.

## Sources

- [11 U.S.C. § 303, Involuntary cases](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/303) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1011](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frbp/rule_1011) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frbp/rule_9011) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Statutory demand set-aside issues list](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/statutory-demand-set-aside-issues.md) | Form | Yellow | Issues list for an application to set aside a statutory demand, limited to sections 459G and 459H. It is not the application and it is not the supporting affidavit. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*