On 7/14/2014 8:43 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 7/14/2014 9:47 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Being married isn't a guarantee, either. My ex-husband and I bought a
>> washer & dryer, a dinette set, some other furniture. When we split he
>> sold all of it, then moved so the creditors couldn't find him. They
>> came after me. Fortunately I had a clearly defined and signed legal
>> property settlement showing I did not possess those items. The
>> creditors backed off. I have no idea if they ever found him.
>
> When my husband and I split, he took the house, then went into
> foreclosure after a couple of years. Even though I had nothing to do
> with the house anymore, my credit was ruined for several years. I had to
> work hard to get it to where it is now.
>
I was 24 when I got divorced so I really wasn't thinking about credit
scores. I'm sure you're right that it had an affect on mine.
Although, thinking back, I was able to secure a bank loan (at a very
decent interest rate, IIRC) for my first-ever brand new car within a
year of the divorce, so maybe not.

The companies we jointly purchased the household items from recognized
my husband had signed the property agreement acknowledging I was not in
possession of any that stuff. In fact, the only things the property
agreement listed that *I* took with me were my clothes, my jewelry and
my little dog, Sampson. (Yep, Sammy was in the property settlement.)

I doubt my ex-husband even bothered to read what he was signing. He was
in a snit; he thought he'd somehow be getting back at me by signing the
divorce papers. I was thrilled! when my lawyer called to say he'd
signed everything. :-D

Jill