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Asked over 2 years ago - Ballston Spa, NY
Flagwe were together for 22 years and married for 11 years. All dept was in my name because he had bad credit. and was all incurred when we were married. do i have to get divorced to get the money out of him or can i take him to court and sue him for the money? we had personal loans, credit card dept and cell phone dept all in my name only. 100% percent of our income came from 73% my husband 27% mine. would he be responsible for 73% of the dept?
You may wish to consider initiating a lawsuit against him for the debt.
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