Abrams v. Southwest Leasing & Rental Inc. (In Re Abrams)

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• electing to follow the Eighth Circuit and majority trend that knowing retention of estate property is a stay violation
• failure to return repossessed car after receiving notice of Chapter 7 filing constituted a violation of the automatic stay
• creditor must relinquish property of the estate within a reasonable time period after notice of the bankruptcy case
• creditor 'which repossessed a debtor’s car post-petition also violated the stay by failing to take any reasonable steps to remedy its action
• continued retention of repossessed property after creditor had been notified of debtors’ bankruptcy filing was itself a willful violation of the stay
• creditor’s continuing retention of repossessed vehicle after receiving notice of bankruptcy violated the automatic stay

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