A Trustee's Motion to Prevent Termination of Automatic Stay — Hearing is a court proceeding in which a bankruptcy trustee, creditor, or other interested party is petitioning the court to prevent the automatic stay from being lifted. The automatic stay is an injunction that prevents creditors from taking any action to collect a debt from the debtor during the course of a bankruptcy. The hearing is an opportunity for the trustee or creditor to argue why the automatic stay should remain in place and why the creditor should not be allowed to take any action to collect the debt. There are two types of Trustee's Motion to Prevent Termination of Automatic Stay — Hearing: a contested hearing and a summary hearing. A contested hearing is when the parties present their evidence and arguments to the court in order to convince the court to make a decision in their favor. A summary hearing is when the parties do not present evidence or arguments, but instead the court makes a decision based on the facts and legal issues presented.