I was recently divorced and part of the divorce decree was for my ex husband to pay all the community and seperate property.: I just checked my credit report and none of the debts have been even paid or paid as agreed. Since leglly he signed the divorce decree agreeing to these terms,how can i handle this with the credit bureaus to remove my name, as the legal divorce was finilized in march 2012 and to date nothing has been done? Do I contat a lawyer or do I contact eah individual credit agency and rmve my name from these debts he agreed to pay?
Zubair’s answer: Because the creditors are not parties to the dissolution action, they may not agree to just remove your name from the debts. In fact, despite there being a decree directing your former spouse to pay the debts, the creditors can legally pursue collection action against you. You need to pursue this action in family court ASAP by having a well versed family law attorney file a petition to enforce/petition for contempt. You could also pursue a civil action for breach of contract but I would not recommend that as civil litigation is quite expensive.
I'm thinking about filing for a divorce, i left home a few days ago. Does this jepordize my kids and me?: i was in the hospital for suicidal attempt..and my husband is an alcoholic
Zubair’s answer: I appears that your husbanb is not a fit person to be caring for your children due to his alcohol dependency. However, the Court may also look at your mental health issues (if any) and it would be helpful to obtain a pyschological asssessment to insure that the Court and your husband do not use your attempt to commit suicide to assert you are not a fit parent. It is imperative that you contact an experienced family law attorney immediately to discuss all your options.
When in the process of a divorce in Arizona does infidelity have any affect on separation of assets. Is it still 50/50?: general question
Zubair’s answer: Because Arizona is a "no-fault" divorce state, infedelity (unfortunately) has no bearing on division of assets unless the other party has been "wasting" community funds on the person whom he/she is having an affair with. A waste argument is very hard to prove but if there are signficiant sums of community funds that were no used for the "benefit of the community," you would be entitled to one-half of the monies which were "wasted."