Legal Question in Family Law in Australia

debt repayment

My ex wife borrowed money from her sister for the wedding, was supposed to pay it back she only paid back half, now the sister wants me to pay back other half. Ive been left with car repayments to finance company in which my ex gave the car back to company after we seperated without my knowledge.Do i have to pay back wedding money even though it was all supposed to be paid baxk by my ex with her inherritance????


Asked on 8/31/07, 7:48 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Greg Shoebridge Simonidis Shoebridge Lawyers

Re: debt repayment

unless you have a contract or agreement with the sister you dont have to pay her back unless a court orders you to. if you ever found yourselves before a court over property issues, the court would have to decide how to treat the debt (ie is it a joint debt or just your wife's debt) and then decide what is the fairest way to deal with it, in light of the other debts you refer to.

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Answered on 9/02/07, 5:57 pm


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