Find the best financial services for you at: SMARTFINANCESOLUTIONS.NET - Can someone discharge a small claims judgment by filing chapter 7 bankruptcy? - our prior landlord did not return our deposit after we moved out...we left the place spotless and in better shape than when we moved in...we sent him a letter as per the michigan landlord tenant act stating where the deposit money should be sent to...we never receive a list if there was any damages and reasons for him to keep the deposit as he would be required by law to do if he was going to keep the deposit...the guy completely mismanaged his rental properties and they were foreclosed on...he has now filed chapter 7 bankruptcy...we got a small claims judgment of $2,000...he did not even show up for the proceeding...the strange thing is that he filed for bankruptcy 5 days before the small claims court date...he listed us as a creditor...how could he know that he owed us anything if the court had not ordered that he did yet?...i also find it strange how we can be called a creditor when we did not lend him money...in my mind he stole that deposit from us...yesterday we went to the meeting of creditors ...we were the only ones that showed up -