Can Your Ex Trash Your Credit Score?

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credit scoreNaomi Allen, a state government employee in Ohio, thought she was doing the "right thing" when her marriage dissolved in 2007. As the more financially savvy of the couple (she'd helped her then-husband raise his credit score several years back after discovering it was too low to qualify for a mortgage), Allen took it upon herself to refinance her mortgage so her ex wouldn't have a legal obligation to that debt.

Allen settled with the help of her divorce lawyer on an agreement that split roughly $12,000 in jointly carried credit card debt down the middle, and extracted a promise from her ex that he'd repay an additional $7,000 charged to a jointly-held card after the two had separated.

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