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Anonymous
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Re: My wife's credit cards

I'll echo what Remmy said above, for all of her reasons. Clarifying that you don't live in a common property state, having all material titled possessions in your name and your daughter's (hers? That alone looks very suspect), planning to de-AU yourself from her reports and financially separate yourself fully before this goes down - all of this looks like planning to default/defraud her lenders. It has the same optics of people with insider information dumping stock in advance of a known upcoming sell off and devaluation.

If she walks away from all of this, she is definitely going to be besieged with collections and depending on the lenders, lawsuits. Her credit will obviously be annihilated, and as stated, you will then have to carry all credit burden going forward. Likely you'll also carry the majority of financial burdens in general too, as her income may be garnished/attached to repay the defaults, or to pay judgments and collections. Titled assets are traceable for ownership, and I imagine that if your wife is walking away from considerable dollar amounts of debt (which is likely - very few would walk away from $1500 of debt), and she is sued, they may find it funny that in a marriage, only one partner is the titular owner of every registered possession. Checking ownership and seeing that valuable assets were transferred to others before the debt was abandoned may create other issues. This is supposition on my part, the permissibility of tracing ownership, but my gut feel is that it's legal to investigate.

 

Im just going to throw this out here - you don't have to answer it, but please consider it. Is your daughter aware that she is the owner of whatever titled goods are in her name? If so, I hope she is fully aware of the responsibilities that accompany that. If not, I would urge you to reconsider doing so. 

Bankruptcy holds a certain stigma that really isn't applicable anymore. It would be a far better way to go for her, and would absolve her of these debts if she passes the Chapter 7 means test. They would not haunt her as they would if she just walks away from them, and the rebuild would likely be easier than trying to recover from abandonment. She can file for it without you also needing to, so you could remain unaffected by her filing and keep your credit intact.

 

I would strongly reconsider what looks like a plan in motion. I don't see any way it ends well.

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Chanduwar
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Re: My wife's credit cards

Thanks guys for your valuable input.

Currently I am making most of the payments. In the current corona virus conditions where money is tough, I am just thinking ahead to what could be bad in future, like if income goes to a total standstill.

In a way I am between a rock and a hard place. I do not want her to default. What to do when money becomes sparce??

 

Our daughter knows this!!

 

Just very worried.

 

Chanduwar

 

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Anonymous
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Re: My wife's credit cards


@Chanduwar wrote:

I live in Virginia. If my wife defaults in credit card payments, will I have to make the payments? Could I be responsible?

 

Will appreciate your input.

 

Chanduwar


Let's confirm a few things first - a bunch of people started spouting information as if they assumed you were dividing debt in a divorce! 

 

- Are you in a stable marriage, not getting divorced during this time? 

- Did you co-sign in any way on your wife's cards - any of them? 

- The fact that even in a married couple, a single spouse can file for bankruptcy without involving the other, leads me to believe that you will not be held jointly responsible for her debts if neither of the two aforementioned are the case. 

 

 

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Remedios
Credit Mentor

Re: My wife's credit cards


@Anonymous wrote:

@Chanduwar wrote:

I live in Virginia. If my wife defaults in credit card payments, will I have to make the payments? Could I be responsible?

 

Will appreciate your input.

 

Chanduwar


Let's confirm a few things first - a bunch of people started spouting information as if they assumed you were dividing debt in a divorce! 

 

- Are you in a stable marriage, not getting divorced during this time? 

- Did you co-sign in any way on your wife's cards - any of them? 

- The fact that even in a married couple, a single spouse can file for bankruptcy without involving the other, leads me to believe that you will not be held jointly responsible for her debts if neither of the two aforementioned are the case. 

 

 


As far as "spouting" goes, OP has clarified that what "bunch"  has assumed to be the case here, a planned default, is in fact what's happening. 

 

You posted this after they clarified what they meant, which is not what you typed about, or "spouted", to borrow the term from you. 

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Anonymous
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Re: My wife's credit cards


@Remedios wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

@Chanduwar wrote:

I live in Virginia. If my wife defaults in credit card payments, will I have to make the payments? Could I be responsible?

 

Will appreciate your input.

 

Chanduwar


Let's confirm a few things first - a bunch of people started spouting information as if they assumed you were dividing debt in a divorce! 

 

- Are you in a stable marriage, not getting divorced during this time? 

- Did you co-sign in any way on your wife's cards - any of them? 

- The fact that even in a married couple, a single spouse can file for bankruptcy without involving the other, leads me to believe that you will not be held jointly responsible for her debts if neither of the two aforementioned are the case. 

 

 


As far as "spouting" goes, OP has clarified that what "bunch"  has assumed to be the case here, a planned default, is in fact what's happening. 

 

You posted this after they clarified what they meant, which is not what you typed about, or "spouted", to borrow the term from you. 


Still mad over me disagreeing with you about SYNC? https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Credit-Cards-that-are-closing-accounts-or-decreasing-limits-for/td-p/5990792/page/7

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Anonymous
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Re: My wife's credit cards

Lmao the last thing @Remedios is going to care about is someone disagreeing with her on the internet Smiley Very Happy

Message 16 of 21
Remedios
Credit Mentor

Re: My wife's credit cards


@Anonymous wrote:

Lmao the last thing @Remedios is going to care about is someone disagreeing with her on the internet Smiley Very Happy


 

Oh noes, really???  Someone disagreed with me???  Well, we cannot have that

 

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Brian_Earl_Spilner
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Re: My wife's credit cards


@Remedios wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

Lmao the last thing @Remedios is going to care about is someone disagreeing with her on the internet Smiley Very Happy


 

Oh noes, really???  Someone disagreed with me???  Well, we cannot have that

 

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I still think that vegetables will lose to fruits.

    
Message 18 of 21
Remedios
Credit Mentor

Re: My wife's credit cards


@Brian_Earl_Spilner wrote:

@Remedios wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

Lmao the last thing @Remedios is going to care about is someone disagreeing with her on the internet Smiley Very Happy


 

Oh noes, really???  Someone disagreed with me???  Well, we cannot have that

 

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I still think that vegetables will lose to fruits.


 

Spout some fruits capable of fighting veggies high in fiber? 

Oh...you cant???

 

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coldfusion
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Re: My wife's credit cards


@Remedios wrote:

@Brian_Earl_Spilner wrote:

@Remedios wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

Lmao the last thing @Remedios is going to care about is someone disagreeing with her on the internet Smiley Very Happy


 

Oh noes, really???  Someone disagreed with me???  Well, we cannot have that

 

Man-Punching-Snake-Funny-Gif-Photo-For-Whatsapp.gif


I still think that vegetables will lose to fruits.


 

Spout some fruits capable of fighting veggies high in fiber? 

Oh...you cant???

 

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b1/2c/e4/b12ce4ecafe9c6a817ce810fc361cfa6.gif


I can.  Passion fruit.

 

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