Hi all. This one is kind of an update to a previous post. I have been divorced for about a year now and my ex and I bought flooring on my Home Depot Card that’s in my name alone. Our divorce decree says we pay 50/50 every month until it’s paid off, or she can pay earlier. She suddenly stopped paying with 4 payments to go. It’s about $600 left total she owes, which isn’t much. I paid the first of 4 payments she missed to protect my credit. My lawyer said to pay all 4 and see if she’ll respond or if I need to take further action. Does this seem sensible? It stinks being stuck with it even though it’s not a lot of money. Good news is it’s 0% interest so that’s not a concern.
Why is she paying on something she’s not using?
It was likely debt from the marriage that both contributed to. It’s a credit card. If you don’t want to ruin your credit, you might have to pay it. Just weigh if it’s worth the legal fees to force her to pay.
Just pay it off and move on. You don’t want this dragging out.
Most importantly, pay it off so it doesn’t affect your credit. That’s key.
Let it go, it’s such a small amount to stress over. Sounds like you’re better off without her.
You could hold her in contempt and try to make her pay the court fees too?
Dallas said:
You could hold her in contempt and try to make her pay the court fees too?
Holding someone in contempt over $600 seems a bit extreme. People can be really quick to jump to harsh measures here, lol.
Dallas said:
You could hold her in contempt and try to make her pay the court fees too?
Yeah, I get that it’s a small amount. I did something similar for $4k and it pushed my ex to pay up. But I had to cover filing fees, which stunk.
If that’s the agreement, you might as well hold her to it. If you back down, she might just keep doing this later.
I had a similar issue with my ex too. He forgot to pay a few times, and I didn’t want to spend tons on a lawyer to get it back. I just paid it and moved on. It’s nice when you can both let things go without it being a battle.
Pay it and keep proof. Your attorney should handle getting her to pay you back later.