(a)         Notice Regarding Final Adjudication and Consent.  In an adversary proceeding before a bankruptcy judge, in addition to the statements in the pleadings required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7008(a) and 7012(b), each party shall file a separate document with its initial pleading (the complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim, third party complaint, answer or other responsive pleading) to be entitled Notice Regarding Final Adjudication and Consent. The Notice Regarding Final Adjudication and Consent shall include a repetition of the statements required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7008(a) and 7012(b) and shall include a statement that the party does or does not consent to entry of final orders or judgments by the bankruptcy judge. 

(b)         Removed Actions.  A party filing a notice of removal pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9027, shall file with the notice of removal a separate document entitled Notice Regarding Final Adjudication and Consent containing the information set forth in (a) above.  Not later than 14 days after the filing of the notice of removal and the Notice Regarding Final Adjudication and Consent, any party who has filed a pleading in connection with the removed claim or cause of action, other than the party filing the notice of removal, shall file, in addition to the statements required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9027 (e)(3), a separate document entitled Notice Regarding Final Adjudication and Consent containing the information set forth in (a) above.

(c)          Deemed Consent.  Failure by a party to file a Notice Regarding Final Adjudication and Consent as required by this rule or by a date certain fixed by court order shall constitute that party’s consent to entry of final orders or judgments by the bankruptcy judge.

(d)          Hearing. The bankruptcy judge may set a hearing at any time prior to trial regarding the ability of the bankruptcy judge to enter final orders or judgments.