Maanum v. Rieffer

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal meriting discussion is whether 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) (1982 & Supp. II 1984) automatically stays the statutory time period in which a debtor may cure the cancellation of a contract for deed. We hold that the running of this statutory time period is not automatically stayed under section 362(a), but rather is temporarily stayed pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 108(b) (Supp. II 1984).

In March 1979, Carol and Marion Rieffer, as vendors, and Ralph and Dorothy Maanum, as vendees, entered into a contract for deed with respect to 880 acres of farm land…