Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

I have a divorce decree that says I owe my ex wife for some credit card debt. She has filed bankruptcy and has been cleared of the debt. Do I still have to give her the money for the debt since she no longer pays it to the card company and just pockets the money?


Asked on 4/30/11, 12:41 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys

Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

Does your order say you don't have to pay if she files for bankruptcy? No one here has the order to see specifically what it says, but if it says you owe her money, with no conditions, then you owe her money. She should have identified your debt on her Bankruptcy schedules as an asset.

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Answered on 4/30/11, 12:48 pm
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

That depends on the one thing you left out - the exact wording of your papers.

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Answered on 4/30/11, 12:59 pm
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

Let me add that this is a situation where you will have cost yourself a ton of money if you didn't have a lawyer, and may come out very well if you did. Your lawyer may have drafted things to anticipate the filing and protect you, and it is very unlikely if you were pro se that you ended up doing those things. Again, you chose not to post the language, and that gets us back to why you left out the one thing that answers the question.

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Answered on 4/30/11, 4:04 pm


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