Raikes v. Langford

GUDGEL, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Grayson Circuit Court which dismissed a wrongful death action. The court adjudged that appellants filed their action in violation of an 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) automatic stay order, and that the action was therefore void for lack of jurisdiction from its beginning and could not be retroactively validated thereafter. Appellants contend the trial court erred by failing to find that its right to exercise jurisdiction was retroactively validated once the bankruptcy court subsequently lifted the automatic stay order. We disagree. Hence, we…