---
title: "Letter proposing relief from the automatic stay"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/us-relief-from-stay-proposal"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a8-us-relief-from-stay-proposal"
area_id: "A8"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A8-T1-R9", "A8-A20260923-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Letter proposing relief from the automatic stay

> A letter to debtor's counsel about a possible motion for relief from the automatic stay. It asks about consent or adequate protection. It does not demand payment or possession.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/us-relief-from-stay-proposal  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use before a motion under 11 U.S.C. § 362(d), when the creditor wants a response from counsel. Do not send it to the debtor as a collection letter. Do not repossess, foreclose, or set off on the strength of this letter.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft winding-up, preference-recovery or stay application papers](https://ailawframework.com/practice/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/draft-winding-up-preference-recovery-or-stay-application-papers.md)
- [Build a first-day creditors and security-interest map](https://ailawframework.com/practice/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/build-a-first-day-creditors-and-security-interest-map.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may draft the letter from the collateral description and the lawyer's proposal. The lawyer decides whether a motion is justified and what adequate protection to offer or accept.

**AI may:**

- Insert the collateral and the case caption from the lawyer's note
- Leave the adequate-protection paragraph as the option the lawyer selects
- Flag any sentence that demands payment, possession, or foreclosure

**AI must not:**

- Must not demand payment or tell anyone to take possession of estate property
- Must not assert that the stay has already terminated
- Must not send the letter or file a motion

**The lawyer checks:**

- The letter goes to counsel for the debtor, and to the trustee if the lawyer so directs
- No act stayed by section 362(a) is requested in the letter
- Service of any later motion is checked against Rule 4001(a)(1) and Rule 9014, which was not opened

## Authorities

- [11 U.S.C. § 362(a), (d), (e) and (g) (the stay, grounds for relief, the 30-day and 60-day provisions, and the burdens)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/362)
- [Fed. R. Bankr. P. 4001(a) (motion practice, limited relief without notice, and a 14-day stay of an order granting relief)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frbp/rule_4001)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/us-relief-from-stay-proposal and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*