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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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