My question involves a foreclosure in the State of: California

My wife and I own a condo in California that we currently have going through a short sale. There was an offer made and it is in the process of being approved by the lender (Countrywide). If it is not approved, we are going to do a Deed In Lieu of Foreclosure.

In the meantime, we have been paying our HOA Fees because we didn't want to let this affect our credit more than it needs to; however, we have recently decided to file for bankruptcy as well as we are simply in that big of a hole.

My question is, if we stopped making our HOA payments before the short sale or Deed in Lieu is finished, will the bankruptcy wipe out that debt to the HOA? Or will we still be responsible for it?

Also of note, we are currently living in Vermont, and filing bankruptcy here since this is where we have lived for the better part of 6 months.