Ok, so at the end of January, after I caught WW planning to file (a couple weeks before she filed), we agreed to split up the credit cards. We used to use mostly my cards but she had one that she took out on her name. So she kept hers and I kept mine. We also split up the expenses and she was supposed to pay hers and I paid for mine as well as the household's. We have her health insurance separately, since it was a lot cheaper than for me to get it through work. It has always been billed separately, so I told her we'd put it on her CC and she agreed. Our son's is still on my CC. Her bill came last month, and I gave her a check for the household portion that she bought, about half the charges on the card, made out to the CC company directly. She now claims that I should have paid for her insurance. She took the check and now I check the CC, she only made a $25 minimum payment. She never used my check. What do you think she is doing? Is she trying to claim that all debt is still part of the community property?
She has filed in early February but she has not moved out. She claims her attorney told her to wait until we have the temporary custody done.
OK, I talked to WW. She is claiming that she is still residing in the house, so the separation hasn't started, so her expenses need to be paid from the community property. I said, wait, you stopped contributing to the community property since the end of last year (secretly) and now you want *ME* to pay for everything? She said she cashed her checks because she needed "cash" for things, she has receipts for them...
Umm... How is this fair? The CC balance is not that much, about $2K total now, I can pay for it all. But I don't want to set a precedent on this until she moves out. For example, her medical insurance is separate from mine, shouldn't she have to pay for it herself (out of my support payment)? Also, it's dumb for us to be paying interest on the balance when I can just clear it.
Help me understand this please!
Me-LBH, 48 Spouse-WW, 48 Married for 19 years Son, 12 BD #1 - November 1998 (EA 7 months after wedding) BD #2 - November 2015 (same XBF EA) WW filed D February 2016 WW moved out April 2016