Thanks for the information.
I see small claims goes up to $12K but in PA anything over $2K is a felony. I thought that since it was over $2k the DA would press felony charges. I guess I was wrong.
My mother hired a contractor to do some work on the house. She paid in advance $7,000. I know she should not have and I would have told her not to. We have a signed contract stating that he would start work Sept. 2024. To this day he has not started or even indicated he bought the supplies...