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13BankruptcyStayContinuedfromPage8IfyourmotionforstaywaspresentedorallytotheBankruptcyCourtitisimportantthattheBank-ruptcyJudgebepromptedtosetarecordastothebasisofanydenialofamotionforstay.Itisyourjobtoprovidethereviewingcourtwithanade-quaterecordthereforeitisuptoyoutomakesurethatsuchanadequaterecordismade.AnoralmotiontotheBankruptcyCourtforastaypendingappealatthehearingwhereintherulingwhichyouintendtoappealisrenderedisaccepta-ble.HoweversuchanoralmotionmustprovidetheBankruptcyCourtwithadmissibleevidenceexplaininghowthefourWymerfactorshavebeensatisfied.Referencestotheevidencealreadyad-mittedintotheBankruptcyCourtsrecordcanbemade.Itisrarethatallofthenec-essaryevidenceisalreadyintherecordandoralmotionsareoftendeniedwithoutprejudicesoastoallowthepartytocomebackwithawrittenmotionsupportedbyev-idence.InlightofthisyoushouldnotsimplystandupandasktheBank-ruptcyJudgeWillyougrantastaypendingappealYourinad-equaterequestwillbeproperlyandsummarilydeniedandasex-plainedbelowsuchadenialwillbeaffirmedbythereviewingcourtbecausethereisnorecordastothediscretionutilizedbytheBankruptcyJudgeintheruling.EmergencyRequestforaStayMustPro-videEvidenceoftheBasisfortheEmer-gency.Ifthestayissoughtonanemergencybasistherulesrequirethatareasonorexplanationastowhythismattermustbeaddressedonanemergencybasisisrequired.Anaffidavitstatinganyreasonorexplanationfortheallegedemergencyisre-quiredbyBankruptcyRule8011d.Thedeclara-tionmustprovideanexplanationastowhatemergencyexistswarrantingthattherequestbeaddressedonanemergencybasisunderBankrupt-cyRule8011dinsteadofthenormalproceduresunderBankruptcyRule8011a.ABondPendingAppealMayBeNeces-sary.BankruptcyRule8005providesthatthefilingofabondorothersecuritymaybeaconditionforthegrantingofastaypendingappeal.Theexacttermsofsuchconditionsareusuallyupfornegotiationandcompromise.Bepreparedatthetimeofthehearingontheinitialrequestforastaytobespe-cificwithregardstothetypeofbondorsecurityyourclientiswillingandabletoprovide.SummaryofImportantPointsYourmotionforastaypendingappealshouldbebroughtfirsttotheBankruptcyCourtandprovideadmissibleevidenceinsupportofthefourfactorsstatedintheWymercase.BesuretorequestanexplanationfromtheBankruptcyJudgeastothebasisforanydenialofyourmotionsoastoprovidethereviewingcourtwitharecord.Thereviewingcourtmusthaveanade-quaterecordtomakeadetermina-tionastowhetherthedenialofthestaybytheBankruptcyJudgewasanabuseofdiscretion.YourmotionforastayfiledwiththereviewingcourtshouldprovideadmissibleevidenceprovingthatthematterwasbroughttotheBankruptcyCourtfirstandarecordofthediscretionutilizedbytheBankruptcyCourtindenyingthemotionforstay.InmostinstancestherequiredevidencewillbeatranscriptoftheBankruptcyCourthearingonyourmotionforstayandanyrelatedpostedtenta-tiverulings.Inverylimitedcircumstancesthemotioncanbebroughttothereviewingcourtfirstbutsuchamo-tionmustprovideagoodexplanationastowhythenormalprocedureofbringingitfirsttotheBankruptcyCourtwasnotfollowed.IfthemotionContinuedonPage14IfyoudonotatleastseekastayyourappealofanunfavorableBankruptcyCourtorderwillberenderedmoot.