Debt collections

[astamps]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? WYOMING

 

[astamps]

Old debts from my husband and his former wife

My husband has long overdue debts from a previous marriage. I just paid off a house that I purchased during our marriage in Wyoming, but the house is only in my name. We filed taxes jointly. Both of us are over 65 and retired. How can I protect myself from debts from his previous marriage causing a lien on my property?

 

[Zigner]

My husband has long overdue debts from a previous marriage. I just paid off a house that I purchased during our marriage in Wyoming, but the house is only in my name. We filed taxes jointly. Both of us are over 65 and retired. How can I protect myself from debts from his previous marriage causing a lien on my property?

It's possible that those debts are beyond the statute of limitations. Without more information about the debts, we really can't comment intelligently.

 

[astamps]

Old debts from my husband and his former wife

My husband has long overdue debts from a previous marriage. I just paid off a house that I purchased during our marriage in Wyoming, but the house is only in my name. We filed taxes jointly. Both of us are over 65 and retired. How can I protect myself from debts from his previous marriage causing a lien on my property?

These debts are all at least 10 years old. There is a utility bill, a balance from an auto repossession, and a debt from a finance company that was money used for a down payment on a house that got repossessed. These debts have been passed on to countless collection agencies.

 

[Zigner]

These debts are all at least 10 years old. There is a utility bill, a balance from an auto repossession, and a debt from a finance company that was money used for a down payment on a house that got repossessed. These debts have been passed on to countless collection agencies.

It appears that the debts are beyond the statute of limitations, but I would suggest that your husband pay for a sit-down with an attorney or a credit counselor (a real one, not one of the "pay me and I'll make it all go away" places).