11 U.S.C. § 329 — Debtor’s transactions with attorneys

(a) Any attorney representing a debtor in a bankruptcy case — or in connection with one — must file a statement with the court. This applies whether or not the attorney is asking the court to approve their pay. The statement must show any compensation paid, or agreed to be paid, for the attorney's work on or connected to the case, as long as the payment or agreement happened within the year before the bankruptcy petition was filed. It must also say where that money came from. (b) If that compensation is more than the services were reasonably worth, the court can cancel the fee agreement, or order the excessive part of any payment returned. The money goes back to: (1) the bankruptcy estate — if the property that was transferred either would have belonged to the estate, or was supposed to be paid under a chapter 11, 12, or 13 repayment plan; or (2) whoever actually made the payment, in any other case.