By Lawrence R. Ahern III, Brown & Ahern (Nashville, TN) Introduction In In re Dao,1 Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein on May 11 ruled on an issue on which the circuits are split and certiorari is pending.2 Judge Klein agreed with the majority view that, under paragraph 362(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, the automatic stay terminated 30 days after the order...
Bankruptcy Protections Limited for Repeat Filers
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By William H. Brown, Academy Editor & Advisor
The First Circuit held that under § 362(c)(3)(A), upon the repeat filing by Chapter 7, 11 or 13 debtors within one year of dismissal of a prior pending case, the automatic stay terminates entirely on the 30th day after filing of the subsequent case as to the debtor, property of the debtor and property of the bankruptcy estate. The Circuit found the statute to be poorly drafted, and although a majority of lower courts had construed the statute to not terminate the stay as to property of the estate . . .
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