6-29/116.00 Consolidation



The court may order the consolidation of cases if two or more petitions are pending in the same court by or against the same debtor, e.g., a voluntary and an involuntary petition relating to the same debtor or two involuntary petitions against the same debtor.  Consolidated cases are treated as one case with a single case number. Usually, joint cases are jointly administered, rather than consolidated. (FRBP 1015)