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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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1. 11 U.S.C. §362(a). 2. 11 U.S.C. §101(15).

Elaine M. Dowling is a solo practitioner in northwest Oklahoma City. She represents people with debt or debt-related

3. See , Kline v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co. (In re: Kline) , 472 B.R. 98 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2012). In Kline , a creditor, without notice of the bankruptcy filing, served a foreclosure petition on the debtor eight days after the bankruptcy was filed. The court found that any action taken in violation of the automatic stay is void, even if there is no actual notice of the bankruptcy filing. Kline , 472 B.R. at 103. 4. 11 U.S.C. §101(5). 5. See, Oklahoma Federated Gold & Numismatics, Inc. v. Blodgett , 24 F.3d 136, 141-142 (10th Cir. 1994). 6. 11 U.S.C. §1301. 7. Oklahoma Federated Gold & Numismatics, Inc. v. Blodgett , 24 F.3d 136, 141-142 (10th Cir. 1994); citing, A.H. Robins Co. v. Piccinin, 788 F.2d 994, 999 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 479. 8. 11 U.S.C. §362(b). 9. 11 U.S.C. §541(a)(1). 10. Domestic Support Obligation is defined at 11 U.S.C. §101(14A). 11. In re: Calloway, Case No. 15-13970-JDL (Bankr. W.D. Okla. Feb. 19, 2016), citing, In re: Johnson , 501 F.3d 1163 (10th Cir. 2007); In re: Kline , 472 B.R. 98, aff’d 514 Fed. Appx. 810 (10th Cir. 2013). 12. See, In re: Calloway , Case No. 15-13970 JDL (Bankr. W.D. Okla. Feb. 19, 2016).

issues, doing various types of work for all kinds of people with credit report problems or identity theft issues – filing bankruptcies, helping people with credit reports, defending collection cases, defending foreclosure cases and otherwise trying to make a difference for people who have been handed more by life than they can handle.

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