Preventing credit card use

I live in Illinois. My wife has maxed out our credit cards.
I took them away from her.
How can I prevent her from getting replacement cards or applying for new cards?

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

Originally posted by March151958
I live in Illinois. My wife has maxed out our credit cards.
I took them away from her.
How can I prevent her from getting replacement cards or applying for new cards?

My response:

Tell her, "Hey, please stop it ! "

IAAL

[JETX]

Seriously, the only way to prevent a new card being issued on that account is to close it.

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

Yes, but ......

What was implicit in our writer's post was that he's having trouble keeping his wife from opening her own NEW credit card account. And, since he didn't post on the Family Law forum, there's nothing else I, or anyone, can tell him other than what you, Steve, or I, have already mentioned.

IAAL

[vrzirn]

Although this really does belong in Family Law I am going to add my opinion.
There cannot be a successful marriage if the two parties are pulling in opposite directions. If one is a saver who wants to live beneath his means and accumulate assets and the other is a compulsive spender then serious trouble is down the line. They will never acquire wealth and there will always be lots of arguments and resentment. Sometimes counseling may help and other times divorce is the only answer.
This is a problem that needs to be resolved now and before you are drowning in debt