Chippenham Hospital v. Bondurant, 706 F.2d 1057 (4th Cir. 1983). This Court has previously held that acts in violation of the automatic stay are void. Ward v. IRS (In re Ward), 261 B.R. 889, 893 (Bankr. W.D. Va. 2001). This is the weight of authority on the point but there is a substantial line of authority to the contrary that such an act is "voidable" rather than "void'.