Save Your Credit History Following Your Divorce

Sometime in the first fifteen years after getting married for the first time, about 43% of those first marriages will end in the couple being divorced or separated. More often than not, divorce has a traumatic emotional impact on each of the partners. If children are involved, the emotional affects on them can have long lasting impact. In short, it's usually traumatic for all involved. But, what is often overlooked in divorces is that, unless you're wealthy, the financial affects on all parties involved can be just as life changing as the emotional affects.

In the past half century the amount of debt carried by the average household has increased exponentially. Most married couples today don't have many assets. In fact, it's not at all unusual for a divorced couple to have as much debt as assets. Separating the assets is usually straight forward. But how do you go about separating and disentangling the debts that have accumulated during the course of the marriage?

So exactly what debts are the both of you responsible for? Primarily, you are both accountable for all documents that you have signed together. Generally, this includes debts such as mortgages, joint credit cards, automobile loans, and the like. The biggest debts that you are both responsible for are the mortgages and the credit card.

If both partners are aware that a divorce is imminent, then before filing the actual divorce papers, one of the very first things that each partner should do is to get a current copy of his or her credit report. It's important to realize that if your debts are not dissolved before the divorce is finalized, they can severely affect your ability to get credit once the divorce is complete.

Similarly, in the same way, it is in all likelihood a good idea that each partners get their own lawyer as well. Each attorney will watch out for the interests of the spouse he is representing which enhances the idea that an equitable agreement will be reached by all.

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Originally posted 2010-03-07 05:40:33. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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