Category Archives: Relationships

My Credit Report Says I Owe a Loan My Ex-Husband Was Supposed to Pay. – Theresa

“Dear Steve, Divorced in October 1997. Remarried May 1999 to current husband. We bought a house in June 2011 in another state. I divorced my ex-husband October 1997. The judge court ordered, in the paperwork, that he would be responsible for the trailer that we bought together 1996, including payments and all paperwork. After the [...]

Should I File Bankruptcy After My Divorce? – Marie

I was married for 11 years. My credit was always in good standing and I paid my bills on time. My now ex-husband and I kept all of our banking and credit card accounts separate. Reason being is that his credit was really bad. Due to helping bail him out of financial disasters over the [...]

My Husband Will Divorce Me When He Finds Out About My Debt. – Pay

“Dear Steve, I am in severe debt and have no one to talk to about it. I am married, husband does not know. I have been keeping it a secret. It is about to kill me. I know that he will divorce me when he finds out. I am 64 years of age and never [...]

What are some good companies to call about my huge amount of secret debt?

I’ve got to stop lying to myself and my husband who I have not told I owe not including my mortgage and student loans, $15-16,000 in heinous, frivolous purchases? Today I awoke from my spending stupor because I can no longer afford to pay my mostly maxed out cards AND OUR MORTGAGE. I deserve to [...]

Father struggling with credit card debt and mom doesn’t know about it. – Quilley

I recently pulled my annual free credit report and was surprised to find that the balance on a credit card my father opened many years ago has grown to $19,000 (there was no balance when I checked last year). It shows up on my report, and my brother’s as well, because we are both authorized [...]

I Can’t Afford My Harley Davidson Motorcycle Anymore. Harley Davidson Financial Wants to Repossess My Bike. – David

I bought motorcycle and can no longer pay for it . I’ve had the bike for over a year and half, the day after I bought the bike home my wife and I attempted to return the bike to Harley Davidson financial company stating that we couldn’t afford the bike, they refused to accept the [...]

Made horrible mistake getting car loan for boyfriend. Please help get this car out of my name! – Jocelyn

I really made a big mistake with a car loan for someone else. I bought a house by myself earlier this year which is going fine. I have a 157K mortgage loan. My long-time boyfriend was unemployed and his credit isn’t that good and of course, he needed a car, perfect timing. We initially went [...]

My wife is mexican, she left me with a credit card debt of 18000, she is now in mexico? is there a way to make her responsible for what she owes?

We got married on 2001, I am legal in USA, but she was not, the thing is that as long as you have a job you can get credit, that is what she did, now she went back to mexico and left me with that huge debt, do I have to respond for that? is [...]

My Partner Was Kicked Out for Domestic Violence and Now I Can’t Afford the House. – Victoria

“Dear Steve, I own a home with my fiance. He was arrested for domestic violence (that didnt start until we bought the home, go figure) and has a restraining order on him. He has stopped paying his half of the mortgage and our bills. I contacted our lender (Bank of America) and they said my [...]

My Parents Cut Me Off. They Didn’t Approve of My Boyfriend. – Chantel

“Dear Steve, About one year ago, my parents announced that they would be cutting me off because they did not approve of my boyfriend. I come from an upper middle class family, and up until this point I had my college, car, insurance, sorority, rent, clothes, etc. completely paid for, so I was devastated and [...]

My Husband Took Off and Left Me With Two Kids and Debt. – Christina

“Dear Steve, Looking for laws about money being withdrawn from a checking account without my knowledge or consent I was married for 10+ years and in the first 7 years of my marriage i was the provider with a very below average paycheck. definelty not enough to support a household. so we paid what was [...]

Divorced, Lived Off Savings and Now Using Cash Advances Off Credit Cards. – Jill

“Dear Steve, Divorced and lived off of savings. Started a business with savings and credit cards (cc). Looked for jobs and could not find one. Right after divorce, I obtained my masters. Living off of cc now. Have a rental house in another state with a tenant. Had great credit for 15 years. It has [...]

My Ex-Husband Wants Me to Pay a Loan We Had. – Angela

“Dear Steve, We were divorced about 2 years ago. I left him. He has everything. The house and all it’s contents. By the way house is still in my name. The truck he drives is still in both our names. He changed the locks on the house 3 days after I left so I was [...]

I’m a Nurse and Just Barely Making Ends Meet But My Husband Won’t Help Financially. – Kaye

“Dear Steve, I am married and work as a nurse, making a good salary. I currently have around $32,000 in debt. This includes a debt consolidation account, car, bank loan, student loan medical bills, and back taxes. I am able to pay my monthly payments but have not been able to cover the taxes and [...]

Wife Left, Business is Down, and I’m Out of Money. – James

“Dear Steve, Ex left 5 years ago. I took on the house that is 70k upside down the 4 kids, the credit card debt , the tax debt, the parent plus loans, the counseling fees for the kids. @ the time my contracting business could handle all of this.The my work load was cut in [...]