If your automatic stay has been shortened because of multiple bankruptcy filings but you have reason to believe you should be granted an exemption — such as a substantial change in your personal financial situation or the excusable dismissal of a prior bankruptcy filing) — your state may allow you to complete a Motion in Individual Case for Order Imposing a Stay or a Continuing the Automatic Stay form. Doing so can help you to get the stay lengthened or, in some cases, started when it otherwise wouldn’t be.