Is there an equal share of a credit card debt that was incurred during the marriage?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Inman v. Inman, 2011 BCSC 1771 (CanLII):
Much was made by both parties as to which of them assumed the debt, whose name was on the credit cards, and to whom the bills were mailed. However, a liability of one of the parties that was incurred during the marriage to maintain the family is a family debt that requires an equal sharing of the debt, even though the other party may not have been made aware of the liability at the time that it was incurred: Karisik v. Chow, 2010 BCCA 548, 12 B.C.L.R. (5th) 107, at paras. 54-59.
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