The Painted Tree Timeline — what we know, when we knew it

Last updated: May 1, 2026

This page is the chronological reference for the Painted Tree closure and bankruptcy. The Bankruptcy Brief tells you the strategy; the Proof of Claim Guide tells you the procedure. This page tells you the sequence.

Two sections:

1. What we know happened — every confirmed event in the case, with the source for each one, newest entries first.
2. What we're watching for — open monitoring items with predicted timing.

We update this page when new facts confirm. If you spot an error or a missing event, please send it to project@thepaintedporch.shop with a citation and we will correct.

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1. What we know happened — newest first

2026-05-01 (today)

• Doc 6 confirmed. Skylar obtained the debtors' Schedules of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Financial Affairs (Document 6 in the case docket, 344 pages, filed April 30, 2026). Every load-bearing fact in our existing articles was cross-checked against the document and corrected where wrong. (Source: petition Doc 6, archived locally.)

2026-04-30

• Schedules of Assets and Liabilities filed. Doc 6 entered on the docket. Top-line numbers: total scheduled liabilities $16,568,660.68 ($566,199.23 priority unsecured / $11,800,189.68 non-priority unsecured / ~$4.2M secured by subtraction). No real property owned. Bank: JPMorgan Chase. Vendors are listed collectively as "Shop Owners" on Schedule F-1 with no individual amounts — meaning every vendor must file a Proof of Claim. The debtors disclose that their POS / accounts-receivable software access was cut off approximately ten (10) days before the filing (≈ April 18). Stripe is listed as a creditor on account of "Shop Owner chargebacks." (Source: petition Doc 6, signature page; Schedule A/B; Schedule E/F; Schedule F-1 line 3.180; line 3.185.)

2026-04-29

• Schedules signed by Joe Courtright as Manager of Jayhawk-PTM Investco, LLC, which is the manager of Painted Tree Marketplace, LLC. (Source: Doc 6, Form 202 declaration, page 344.)
• The Painted Porch Project published the Bankruptcy Brief and the Proof of Claim Guide. At time of publication we had no public confirmation of a docketed filing and explicitly hedged everything as "announced, not yet filed." (Source: this Project's git history.)

2026-04-28 — The petition is filed.

• Voluntary Chapter 7 petition filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Lead case: **In re Painted Tree Marketplace, LLC, Case No. 26-32919.* The 64 affiliated per-store LLCs (Painted Tree Austin LLC through Painted Tree Vintage Market Highland Village LLC) each file voluntary petitions alongside the parent. The automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362 takes effect at the moment of filing. (Source: Doc 6 cover page; Doc 6 Global Notes ¶ 2 — "On April 28, 2026 (the 'Petition Date'), each of the Debtors filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court.")*

2026-04-23

• WTVR (Richmond, VA) reports on a Chesterfield County Painted Tree vendor's experience with the closure. Article framing: still "announced bankruptcy," not yet filed in court. (Source: WTVR.)

2026-04-21

• WRAL (Raleigh, NC) publishes vendor guidance. Reports that vendors "become creditors" once the petition is filed, that they should prepare to file a "proof of claim," and that Painted Tree corporate has signaled it will not be assisting vendors directly. Quotes bankruptcy attorney Rebecca Redwine Grow on the importance of the announcement-vs.-filing distinction. (Source: WRAL.)

2026-04-18 (approximate)

• POS / AR software access cut off. The debtor's third-party point-of-sale and accounts-receivable software vendor (commonly understood to be SimpleConsign) revoked the debtor's access roughly ten days before the filing, per the debtors' own admission in their schedules. Practical effect for vendors: SimpleConsign exports for the period April 18 through April 28 may be incomplete; reconstruct from your own logs, photos, and store-manager emails. (Source: Doc 6 Global Notes ¶ 28(b) — "the software company denied access to the Debtor to their accounts receivable accounting software approximately ten (10) days before the filing.")

2026-04-18

• Anderson Law (Lincoln, NE) publishes a vendor briefing. Nebraska bankruptcy attorney Zach Anderson posts an explainer for Lincoln-area Painted Tree vendors, careful to distinguish "company announced Chapter 7" from "Chapter 7 case actually filed in federal court." Cites Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 3002 (70-day bar date in voluntary Ch7), Rule 2002(e) (no-asset notice), Nebraska UCC §§ 2-326, 2-401, and Article 9. (Source: Anderson Law blog.)

2026-04-16

• KOLO (Reno, NV) and KARK (Little Rock, AR) cover the closure at the local level. Headlines confirm the chain is "filing for bankruptcy" but no docket has been confirmed at this point. (Sources: KOLO; KARK.)

2026-04-15

• KLTV (Tyler, TX) and 2 News (regional) cover vendor scrambles to retrieve inventory before the announced April 24 deadline. (Sources: KLTV; 2news.com.)

2026-04-14 — Closure announced; vendor email goes out.

• Painted Tree corporate emails its vendor base announcing that all locations are closed effective immediately, that the company anticipates filing Chapter 7, and that vendors will have until April 24, 2026 to retrieve inventory. The email is the first written notice many vendors receive of the closure. The email itself uses prospective language: vendors will "have the opportunity to file a proof of claim with the bankruptcy court case once the filing occurs." (Sources: Painted Tree vendor email of 2026-04-14, archived in the Project's reference library; TheStreet.)
• Tyler Morning Telegraph publishes one of the first reports of the closure, with vendor reactions. (Source: Tyler Paper.)

2026-04-13 — Last day of business.

• All 60+ Painted Tree locations close. Staff and vendors are not given advance notice; many learn of the closure when stores fail to open the following day. The chain operated 60+ marketplace locations across Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, and Virginia. (Source: WRAL coverage citing the company's letter; Doc 6 (filed Apr 30) lists 64 affiliate per-store LLCs by name — see the Bankruptcy Brief for the full list.)

Pre-closure context

• Painted Tree operated as a curated marketplace / booth-rental model. Vendors paid monthly booth rent (approximately $150–$1,300/month per booth, by location) plus a 10% commission on sales, in exchange for shelf space and back-end fulfillment via SimpleConsign POS. The company branded itself publicly as "Etsy come to life" and "a place where hundreds of local makers sell under one roof" — language that is potentially significant for vendors evaluating the UCC consignment classification of their inventory (see Bankruptcy Brief Section 3).
• The chain expanded after 2020 by leasing former Bed Bath & Beyond, Pier 1, and Tuesday Morning spaces — the demographic and physical comp that makes Tuesday Morning's 2020–2023 wind-down the closest precedent for what Painted Tree's Chapter 7 may look like.
• Corporate structure (per the petition): Lead debtor is Painted Tree Marketplace, LLC. Operative manager is Jayhawk-PTM Investco, LLC (manager: Joe Courtright). News reporting also identified Dale Capital Partners (Little Rock, AR) as an upstream investor; that name does not appear in the petition itself. Each store location was operated through its own affiliated LLC (Painted Tree Austin LLC, Painted Tree Lincoln LLC, etc.). (Source: Doc 6 Global Notes ¶¶ 1–3 and 10–12; Exhibit B-15 Ownership of Subsidiaries; news reporting.)

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2. What we're watching for — open monitoring items

These are events we expect to see and will log when they confirm. Predicted dates use the typical Chapter 7 timeline; actual dates are set by the U.S. Trustee Program and the bankruptcy court and will appear on the PACER docket first.

| Event | Expected window | Where it will appear | Status |

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| Ch7 panel trustee appointed | Within 7 days of petition (≈ by 2026-05-05) | PACER docket entry titled "Notice of Appointment of Trustee" | Awaiting |

| §341 meeting of creditors scheduled | 21–40 days post-petition (≈ 2026-05-19 to 2026-06-07) | Notice mailed to creditors; PACER docket | Awaiting |

| Bar-date order entered | Typically within 30 days of petition | PACER docket; mailed notice to creditors | Default 2026-07-07 (FRBP 3002(c)); awaiting confirmation |

| Claims agent appointed (likely for a 65-debtor retail Ch7) | First-day or early-week motions | PACER docket — "Application to Employ" / "Order Authorizing Retention" | Not confirmed |

| Asset-vs.-no-asset designation | After trustee's initial review | If no-asset: FRBP 2002(e) notice telling creditors NOT to file POCs; if asset: bar-date notice with instructions to file | Awaiting |

| 20 Largest Unsecured Creditors list | Typically with petition or first-day filings | PACER docket; Form 204 | Likely already on docket; we have not yet pulled |

| First-day motions (if any) | Day 0–3 | PACER docket | Not yet pulled |

| Schedules of Equity Holders, Statement of Financial Affairs | Within 14 days of petition | PACER docket | Doc 6 (filed Apr 30) covers schedules; SOFAs likely included or filed adjacent — confirming |

When any of these confirm, we will log the event in Section 1 with the docket entry number and source.

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3. How this page is updated

• Each new event gets its own dated entry in Section 1, newest at the top of the most recent date heading.
• Each fact is sourced — to a docket entry, a news article, a court website, or a primary document. If we cannot source it, we mark it with (unconfirmed) and treat the fact as provisional in the linked articles.
• Corrections go above the entry being corrected, dated with the correction date, with a brief note on what changed and why.
• Tone is neutral and factual. The strategy and procedural articles (Bankruptcy Brief, Proof of Claim Guide) carry the operator-to-operator voice. This page is the dry record.

If you are a vendor, an attorney, or a reporter and you have a primary source for a fact we are missing — a court filing, an official notice, a vendor email — please send it to project@thepaintedporch.shop with a citation. We will add it.

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Sources

The full source list — including all news articles, primary court documents, federal statutes, and federal rules — is maintained at the bottom of the Bankruptcy Brief. Sources specific to a single event on this page are inline-cited next to the event.

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This timeline is information, not legal advice. The case is active and dates are subject to change. If you are taking action that depends on a specific deadline — particularly the bar date for filing a Proof of Claim — confirm the deadline against the actual notice you receive in the mail or against the PACER docket. The court's notice controls.