Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

Husband and I recently married. When we went to the bank to get a joint account, we were notified that his ex-wife filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and he was on 2 of those accounts. With that, we are unable to make any changes to his accounts at this bank with those charged-off accounts. The divorce decree states " It is Ordered and Decreed that any and all debts, charges, liabilities, and other obligations incurred by each party from and after April 2008, unless express provision is made in this decree to the contrary, belongs to the party incurring the debt". Is there anything we can do?


Asked on 10/22/13, 7:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

Why would you want to make changes to a charged-off account?

You need to go to a different bank.

A bank is not bound by what is in a divorce decree; the decree tells you what the rights are as to the parties only.

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Answered on 12/22/13, 6:42 am


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