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dallasjean
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What is the name of your state? Colorado
I got divorced 2 years ago, and my ex-husband was ordered to pay several credit cards but they remained in my name although they were closed. Earlier this year he stopped making payments and I found out after 4-5 months when creditors started calling me. They told me they had made numerous attempts to contact him, but he wouldn't answer them, I tried to ask him what was going on, but he hung up on me every time, in the meantime these deliquencies were reported to the credit bureau and are now on my credit report. These 2 credit card late payments are the only 2 bad things on my whole credit report. When I told him they were going on my credit report - my ex-husband said "Good!". Not being able to find out what was going on, I was forced to hire a lawyer, pay $250 retainer and proceed with contempt of court proceedings to force him to start paying and just when we were getting ready to serve him with the papers, he got money from somewhere (I believe his father, because I called him and told him what was going on) and paid the credit cards off.
So -- can I sue for my $250 retainer, and punitive damages to my credit rating in small claims court? Can he just damage my credit rating and get away with it? I already tried to get the information removed without any luck explaining he was responsible according to the judge/divorce decree but according to the credit card companies, I am still the responsible one because they were in my name.
dallas
I got divorced 2 years ago, and my ex-husband was ordered to pay several credit cards but they remained in my name although they were closed. Earlier this year he stopped making payments and I found out after 4-5 months when creditors started calling me. They told me they had made numerous attempts to contact him, but he wouldn't answer them, I tried to ask him what was going on, but he hung up on me every time, in the meantime these deliquencies were reported to the credit bureau and are now on my credit report. These 2 credit card late payments are the only 2 bad things on my whole credit report. When I told him they were going on my credit report - my ex-husband said "Good!". Not being able to find out what was going on, I was forced to hire a lawyer, pay $250 retainer and proceed with contempt of court proceedings to force him to start paying and just when we were getting ready to serve him with the papers, he got money from somewhere (I believe his father, because I called him and told him what was going on) and paid the credit cards off.
So -- can I sue for my $250 retainer, and punitive damages to my credit rating in small claims court? Can he just damage my credit rating and get away with it? I already tried to get the information removed without any luck explaining he was responsible according to the judge/divorce decree but according to the credit card companies, I am still the responsible one because they were in my name.
dallas