Pending Divorce??
Some Advice
While we are not Attorneys, nor do we offer Legal Advice, CCFG offers the following guidance for those contemplating Divorce.
Look at your Credit Reports from each of the Three Bureaus, the Bureaus do not share information, so you need to review all three. You can get them free at annualcreditreport.com.
You are looking for any Joint or Shared accounts with your spouse, you may have forgotten a few over the years. Look for both open and closed accounts.
In the Divorce process, you need to communicate these accounts to your Attorney to make sure that there are provisions made for these items. If your Spouse gets the House, you want to make sure that they get you off the Mortgage as soon as possible. If your spouse gets the car, and it is financed in your name only, you want to make sure the financing is changed over to prevent your Credit Score from being damaged in the future.
If there are old bills from during the Marriage, you want to have an order specifying the share of both you and your spouse.
If an old collection goes to Court, and a Judgment is rendered years from now, you may find a Court Order showing that you are liable for half or none of the bill quite handy.