Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

Re: Spousal responsibility for credit card debt

If during the course of a dissolution proceeding the credit card bills are in the name of one spouse only, then if the expenses were incurred for the benefit of the family, the general rule is 50%. After the general rule, you make the argument that the bills were not for the benefit of the family, only benefitted the particular spouse who was able to obtain credit, were incurred before the marriage, and so forth. As to a creditor seeking payment, he would have to prove that the expense was for a "necessary" item of family support. Most will not go to that extent if you have not signed for the credit expense. There is a presumption in marriages that regardless of whose name a bill comes in it is a family responsibility, it took two to make your financial mess, and so forth when it comes to dividing the bills up.