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ex-wife gives ex-husband bad credit

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Ronicalo

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my husband's ex-wife ran up 4 department store credit cards. we found this out in May when we asked for his credit report. he had been turned down for a car. we haven't been able to buy anything under credit because of this. he was married to Jane for 5 yrs. in August thru September of 1998 she managed to apply for the four accounts under his name forging his signature. two accounts alone are under his name and the other two are under both of their names. at that time they were separated. she was living in Texas and he was in the Army in North Carolina. she failed to mention even the thought of applying. in April 1999 she didn't state the debt on the divorce decree, so he had no idea about the debt. when confronted in May, she admitted to having done fraud, but claimed that she had absolute right to having done the deed because while he was in the army she had signed a Power of Attorney. she also told both of us that she would take care of it. we contacted the creditors and they said that Joe still has to pay. we offered to help her pay half of the debt but she now refuses to pay anything because she says that he is a deadbeat dad. which he is not. he pays his child support. when he was honorably discharged from the Army he went two months without paying child support. he took care of it and we never heard the end of how he was a loser. she reported him and there was a mixup at the child support office. when income tax came around they repayed her the two months and then $1000 more for the mixup. we contacted her and explained that they made a mistake and asked if she had received the money. she said no and made smart comments about it. two days later she's driving a new car. Joe staightened things with the child support office. they tell Joe that she received it and cashed it a day after we had spoken to her. meanwhile we have no transportation, she's driving a newer model car. she had traded in the old car and put a $1600 down payment on the vehicle. she is obviously malicious. but about the credit cards, does my husband have a case? does he have a chance at winning,if so?

we need help in Texas
 


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shannon prendergast

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I guess this isn't really advice but we have been through the same thing. My fiance can't even get a debit card because of exwife's bills. She spent a year in prison for embezzeling if that tells you anything and while she was away he started paying the bills. Imagine his shock to find out the house in so far behind in payments they had to tack on like 100$ a month to get caught up, there is no insurance on anything, and he has credit cards to stores he has never heard of. Not to mention the creditors that were already calling and she never told him about. The best part is that on the final divorce decree he had to sign a quit claim deed releasing all rights to the house but she did not have to refinance it and have his name taken off! So his name is foreve linked to her bad credit. Of course we appealed but no luck. Have you contacted a lawyer to try to ammend the divorce decree to have those debts added? We did but were declined but maybe a judge would grant you a new case. We have already incurred over 1000$ in bills not listed as marital debt that since they have our name first we have to pay or else. Was the check she cashed in his name or hers - how did she cash it? Good Luck.
 
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Ronicalo

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Thank you for responding. the check was made out to her name because he owed for the two months he had missed.($600)But at that time they were together, they were going through the child support office in Sugarland. right after coming home, the county's child support office was taking over the Sugarland office's accounts and during the transition the county was not reporting the payments to Sugarland. and thus, the mix-up. so eventually when receiving collection notices from Sugarland Joe tried to straighten things out. we spoke to Jane and she agreed with Joe but refused to call herself to straighten anything out. So in March she received the $600 plus $1000 that was taken from his income tax. and knowing that the money $1000 was not hers, she invested it anyway towards her new vehicle. and later the child support stopped coming to her for two months to make up for the $1000. now we hear that she is up to something because their son said she is visiting a lawyer about Joe. what next?!
 

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