Can a spouse be held jointly liable to a creditor for the debt of the other spouse?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R.P. v. J.L.P., 2002 BCSC 1691 (CanLII):
However, in this case, the debt or liability was not held by one spouse. The debt was jointly held by both spouses. This is not akin to the situation referred to by Southin J.A. in Young v. Young, supra, where she held that a spouse could not be held to be jointly liable to a creditor for the debt of the other spouse. In this case, both are jointly liable for these debts.
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