11 U.S.C. § 108 — Extension of time

(a) Suppose a law outside bankruptcy, a court order, or an agreement sets a deadline for the debtor to start a lawsuit, and that deadline hasn't passed yet when the bankruptcy petition is filed. The trustee can still start that lawsuit, but only up until the later of: (1) the end of the original deadline, including any pause in that deadline that happens on or after the case begins; or (2) two years after the order for relief (roughly, when the case officially starts). (b) Except as subsection (a) covers, if a deadline outside bankruptcy — from a law, court order, or agreement — lets the debtor, or an individual protected under section 1201 or 1301, file something (a pleading, demand, notice, or proof of claim or loss), fix a default, or do some other similar act, and that deadline hasn't passed when the petition is filed, the trustee can only file, fix, or act up until the later of: (1) the end of the original deadline, including any pause happening on or after the case begins; or (2) 60 days after the order for relief. (c) Except as section 524 covers, if a deadline outside bankruptcy sets a time limit for starting or continuing a civil lawsuit — in a court other than bankruptcy court — against the debtor, or against an individual protected under section 1201 or 1301, and that deadline hasn't passed when the petition is filed, then the deadline doesn't expire until the later of: (1) the end of the original deadline, including any pause happening on or after the case begins; or (2) 30 days after notice that the automatic stay under section 362, 922, 1201, or 1301 has ended, for that particular claim.