My husband and I have been separated for over a year. I am afraid that because money tends to slip through his fingers and he tends to run into debt that I might be forced to cover half of his debts. Is there anything that I can do to prevent this from happening?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 10 May, 2022Yes, you are advised to have a divorce/property relations agreement drafted, signed and authorized in court. This would bring the marital partnership in property to an end. It should include a joint declaration re the ending of this financial partnership and the agreed date for this. Unless such an agreement is drawn up and signed by your husband, and authorized in court to gain maximum legal validity, then you are at risk from claims from debtors. To minimize this risk , if your husband refuses to co-operate and draft such an agreement, you would be advised to file for divorce and in doing so define the point at which your financial partnership ends – when you separated , at the earliest, or when you filed for divorce, at the latest.