(a)     Motion. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, motions for joint administration or consolidation shall be presented in each of the subject cases, shall be served on all creditors and parties in interest and shall designate one of the subject cases as the main case.

          (b)     Husband and Wife Joint Cases. In all cases filed by a husband and wife under 11 U.S.C. 302, the court will presume joint administration of the case and, in an asset case, the consolidation of the assets and liabilities shall be combined in a single pool to pay creditors unless and until a motion is made by a party in interest to terminate the consolidation, which motion shall be made returnable prior to or at the final hearing. At the request of one or both of the joint debtors, and upon payment of the required fee, the joint bankruptcy case may be divided into two separate cases, after which either debtor may convert his or her individual case or move the court for separate dismissal.

          (c)     Matrix. Prior to the entry of an order of joint administration or consolidation, movant shall request copies from the clerk of the matrices for each of the cases affected by the order. Movant shall submit a supplemental certified matrix containing only those parties not already included on the matrix from the main case, without duplications or omissions. The matrix must be in compliance with the filing requirements as set forth in Local Bankruptcy Rule 1007-2 and shall be filed with a proposed order of substantive consolidation no later than five days from the hearing date. This requirement shall not apply to the consolidation of a joint case under subsection (b) of this rule.

          (d)     Order. An order of joint administration or consolidation shall identify the main case and shall be submitted in sufficient number to permit an original order to be filed in each of the affected cases.

          (e)     Caption, Docket Entries and Filing. Prior to the entry of an order of substantive consolidation, all papers shall be captioned by their individual titles.

                    (1)     Consolidation. Once separate cases have been ordered consolidated, they will be treated as one case for all purposes, with a single case number, caption, claims register and docket.

                    (2)     Joint Administration. Subsequent to the entry of an order of joint administration, all papers shall be captioned in the case or cases to which they pertain and shall be entered and filed in the main case. When documents pertain to all of the jointly administered cases, there shall be no special designation on the docket or claims register. When documents pertain to one or more of the jointly administered cases but not all such cases, the docket or claims register will identify the specific case or cases to which the items relate. The clerk may rely upon the document's caption in determining the case or cases to which a particular document applies.

          (f)     Noncompliance. Failure to comply with subsections (c) and (d) of this rule is cause for the court to vacate its oral order and deny the relief requested.