Ultimately, whether or not you help your new spouse pay off their debt is completely up to you. There are many ways to tackle debt and to work together with your spouse. You could pay your joint bills while they pay off their debt. You can focus on saving and investing while she knocks out her own student loans.
Now legally, you aren't responsible for paying off the debt your spouse more than half of women keep money secrets from their husbands?
For instance, if your good-for-nothing husband secretly spent $39,000 Try to pay off joint cards together or divide the debt and transfer it to cards in each