Trixie1967
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Pennsylvania
I was married in July of 2006 and in April of 2007 (after receiveing a collection call) found out that my husband had been using one of my credit cards (I had him as an authorized user) without my knowledge. I opened the card in 1/06 and he began using it a month later. He changed the billing address to a PO Box and I was unaware of the charges. We were separated in August 2007. He claims that the charges were for household expenses however after I pulled the statements, found charges for adult website memberships, atm withdrawals, etc. I called the credit card company and arranged a payment plan in in 4/07. By doing that they are saying that I took responsibility for the charges. Now that we have filed for divorce, I am stuck paying the monthly bill.
My question is, even though the debt he acquired in my name occured before we were married, can he still be held responsible for this debt? We will be having our property distibution hearing in January and I want to know what to expect. I would expect that he would be responsible for at least 50%.
I was married in July of 2006 and in April of 2007 (after receiveing a collection call) found out that my husband had been using one of my credit cards (I had him as an authorized user) without my knowledge. I opened the card in 1/06 and he began using it a month later. He changed the billing address to a PO Box and I was unaware of the charges. We were separated in August 2007. He claims that the charges were for household expenses however after I pulled the statements, found charges for adult website memberships, atm withdrawals, etc. I called the credit card company and arranged a payment plan in in 4/07. By doing that they are saying that I took responsibility for the charges. Now that we have filed for divorce, I am stuck paying the monthly bill.
My question is, even though the debt he acquired in my name occured before we were married, can he still be held responsible for this debt? We will be having our property distibution hearing in January and I want to know what to expect. I would expect that he would be responsible for at least 50%.