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                    (1) the commencement or continuation, including                   
               the issuance or employment of process, of a judicial,                  
               administrative, or other action or proceeding against                  
               the debtor that was or could have been commenced before                
               the commencement of the case under this title, or to                   
               recover a claim against the debtor that arose before                   
               the commencement of the case under this title;                         
                              *   *   *   *   *   *   *                               
                    (3) any act to obtain possession of property of                   
               the estate or of property from the estate or to                        
               exercise control over property of the estate;                          
                              *   *   *   *   *   *   *                               
                    (6) any act to collect, assess, or recover a claim                
               against the debtor that arose before the commencement                  
               of the case under this title; * * *                                    
               Unless relief from the automatic stay is granted by order of           
          the bankruptcy court, see 11 U.S.C. sec. 362(d) (2000), the                 
          automatic stay generally remains in effect until the earliest of            
          the closing of the case, dismissal of the case, or the grant or             
          denial of a discharge, 11 U.S.C. sec. 362(c)(2); see Allison v.             
          Commissioner, supra at 545; Smith v. Commissioner, 96 T.C. 10, 14           
          (1991); Neilson v. Commissioner, 94 T.C. 1, 8 (1990).                       
          Analysis                                                                    
               As previously discussed, the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C.            
          section 362(a)(1) bars “the commencement or continuation,                   
          including the issuance or employment of process, of a judicial,             
          administrative, or other action or proceeding against the debtor            
          that was or could have been commenced before the commencement of            
          the case under this title”.  Based upon the plain language of 11            






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