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    Default Are You Responsible for Your Ex's Medical Bills if Not Paid After Divorce

    When a couple in Illinois divorced, they divided the debts of the estate along with the assets. The husband was ordered to pay medical bills that he had accrued during the marriage. The husband has since failed to pay those bills, and some of the medical creditors are trying to get the wife to pay the outstanding balances. Can she be made to pay her ex-husband's medical bills?

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    Default Re: Are You Responsible for Your Ex's Medical Bills if Not Paid After Divorce

    If the ex-husband was ordered to pay the bills as part of the divorce judgment, the ex-wife can bring a motion with the divorce court asking that he show cause why he has not complied with the judgment, and he can potentially be held in contempt of court for not fulfilling his duties under the judgment.

    In terms of the wife's obligation, she can be billed for the medical debt incurred during the marriage if she guaranteed the debt, or if the debt is deemed a family expense based upon the medical care being conducive to the welfare of the family. Debts for medically necessary care are usually held to be family expenses. If she is liable to the medical care providers, they are not limited in their ability to collect from her -- the divorce judgment doesn't bind the creditors.

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