and if so how can you avoid it? Is there a way to marry someone without sharing their debt, like child support, bad credit?

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don't get married , his payments will go up

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yes you do...no you can't

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The credit debt is not yours prior to the marriage but the child support that person has to pay. If you are married then are you not going to have access to each others income or are you going to pay bills and keep money separate. I would talk about this before saying I Do.

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you are responsible

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Definately listen to a few others here....your debt is your debt, his is his. If you are concerned about the amount of debt involved, sit down and hav a serious talk. Many new couples have separate checking accounts and are responsible for their individual debts and they split the joint bills. If you open up an accoun together -- then you share the debt. When child support is figured, the only thing that matters is if he has mutliple children. Your money is yours, not his ex's. For the best answer, you'll need to check with your county's child support department online. Most have the calculation online where you can plug in the numbers...don't freak out from all these answers that are making people sound like they know what they are talking about

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don't co sign or put his name on any credit cards, separate bank accounts, file income tax separately, don't put your credit with theres. his past debts belong to him. but the chances of agreeing financially may be a problem if u always pay your bills, and he doesn't, may bring problems later on. don't put any houses in their name either, if he has some bills he owes they could lien the home.

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Yes you take all of them....good bad especially if your funds go into one pot. But you can help him/her with showing them to be more responible and help them build great credit

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There are some great points being made in the above comments. When you get married you are entering into a legally binding contract, much like a loan or a credit card.

So while your partner is responsible for paying his debts (and you, yours), if anything happens to him and those debts are not or cannot be paid then those debts are passed on to you.

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is there any section about this issue?

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