It comes as no surprise that after being shut down by the FDIC, NetBank’s parent company, NetBank, Inc., filed a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy petition in Jacksonville, Florida. The case is In re NetBank Inc., No. 07-04295, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District Florida (Jacksonville).

From Bloomberg –

The parent of NetBank, a pioneer in Internet banking, filed for bankruptcy protection after the savings-and-loan became the first in three years to fail.

The filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court by NetBank Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida listed assets of $87.2 million and debt totaling $42.4 million.

The bankrupt holding company plans to sell real estate it owns in Columbia, South Carolina and its captive reinsurance subsidiary M.G. Reinsurance Inc. The Chapter 11 filing occurred after a sale of the savings-and-loan fell through and it was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. following a shutdown of the unit by U.S. regulators.

Federal law prohibits the savings-and-loan subsidiary from filing for bankruptcy protection from creditors like its parent. Federally chartered banks cannot be reorganized and must be liquidated by the FDIC.