Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Georgia

Re: Divorce and credit debt

If you are an authorized user of the credit cards, then making purchases, paying bills, etc. is not illegal. How the property would be divided up in a divorce is decided on a case-by-case basis.

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Re: Divorce and credit debt

You need to retain legal counsel immediately. You can't go to jail for not paying bills, but your husband can go to jail for not paying child support, if he isn't (even if no court has yet ordered it). As for who pays bills in a divorce, it is not necessarily 50-50; that must be decided in each case.