Repossessions: 8.2.7.10 Stays Pending Appeal
Once the automatic stay is terminated by order of the court or otherwise, if an appeal is contemplated, obtain a stay pending appeal. The rules provide a fourteen-day delay in the effectiveness of an order granting relief from stay in order to provide the debtor time to seek a stay pending appeal, but a court may order otherwise.145 Therefore, if an appeal is contemplated, a debtor should argue against any language in the court’s order changing the normal fourteen-day delay of relief from the stay.