<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Craig - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">In my insurance defense days, I had to appear in a couple bankruptcy cases and fight over the "automatic stay" - my recall (mind you this was 11 years ago and it is entirely possible the laws have changed) is that the automatic stay stops EVERYTHING involving the party and their assets. This would include a foreclosure auction. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best of luck to you!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Brent</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Listmates. I have a pro bono client that is about to get their house sold at a tax auction. Not sophisticated people and somehow their 2022 and 2023 taxes were not paid but 2024 and 2025 taxes were paid.
Normal sad story of him in hospice and her disabled. My dumb question is if a bankruptcy would slam the brakes on this sale? Seems like it would but the government has so many exceptions where the law does not apply to them I can’t be sure. Anyone with
Banko knowledge that can fill me in? Thanks, Craig <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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