Breached Land Contract and Foreclosure
I had a land contract with someone in Pennsylvania. Last year, she breached that contract by not paying the mortgage directly to the mortgage company. I terminated the contract in February 2008 when the house went into foreclosure. I sued her in small claims court to try to recoup the losses which would have been applied to the loan, however, she filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy so the case was dismissed without prejudice. I filed a secured claim to collect the entire debt, however her lawyer wants to go to court to make my claim an unsecured amount of only what she "owes" because I lost the house in foreclosure due to her. I will also say, she was collecting rent from a sublease she had, and she apparently pocketed the money. What are my recourses with court to make her pay the entire amount since it was she who made the house go into foreclosure for nonpayment and subsequent filing of bankruptcy?