Reswick v. Reswick (In re Reswick)

CRITICAL CASE COMMENT

By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Trustee for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Reswick v. Reswick (In re Reswick), No. 09-32489, slip op., 9th Cir. BAP, Feb. 4, 2011.

The automatic stay which terminates 30 days after the filing of a petition, filed within a year of the dismissal of a prior case, pursuant to § 362(c)(3) terminates as to both the debtor and property of the estate.

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Reswick’s Chapter 13 case was dismissed for . . .

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