Legal Question in Family Law in Iowa
My question is, the man I am marrying was disabled in 2001 and before he was deemed disabled he had credit cards, car loans and a lot of debt, when he was disbled his income went from 3000.00 a month to 805.50 in disibility he is on social security disibility if we get married can all these creditors come after me and my income since we will be married we have lived together since 1989. The state of Iowa consider us common law married, but if we legally get married can they take my income? I hope I have explained this so that you can understand what it is that I am asking.
Thank you for your time...I am sorry not sure what category of law this would be considered.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Why do you think that the state considers you common law married? Have you done things like buy property and incur debt jointly, hold yourself out as married, use the same name as your paramour, or register in a hotel as married people, prepare married tax returns and that sort of thing?
The general rule is that if debts were incurred jointly during the marriage they are common, but otherwise they are separate. I found this out the hard way one time but try explaining this to an angry creditor-they shoot first and ask questions later.
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