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Debts to Deal With

April 18th, 2009 at 03:10 pm

To start with my husband's debt is to figure out what all he owes. Not even he knows that at this point.

Some of the items he is getting in the mail are probably past the 7 year statute for being on a credit report.

1. Need to get his credit report from the Big 3, just not sure how to do that. I think they are Experien, TransUnion and one other.

2. He has had two hospital admits since we have been married. One for falling off his bike and his lung collapsed, so he needed a chest tube and spent four days in the hospital; and, two, a cut on his hand that got infected and required surgery and four days spent in the hospital. I need to find out how much the first hospital stay totalled.

3. The second one happened while helping a friend at their house when he was injured. I am sure this can be claimed on their Homeowner's Insurance. The homeowner's did offer, but I don't want to strain our relationship, but the bill came to around $10,000, so I think we need to do this.

4. Along with the hospitals, there are numerous different doctors fees involved that where billed seperately. Need to gather this info and get it listed, make calls and start paying something to them.

5. Driver's responsibility Debt. Here in our state, there are certain driving violations that has an attached "driver's responsibility fee". It is like $500 a year for a certain amount of years. My husband's was at $1,917.00, but the State took our State Tax Return, so it is down to $1,435.00. He needs to call and make payment arrangements on this debt. This is just a "must pay" debt.

That is off the top of my head right now. Off to do some research.

7 Responses to “Debts to Deal With”

  1. homebody Says:
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    www.annualcreditreport.com

    I do this once a year. The first step in digging out is knowing what you are digging out of! We will be here with you, some of us working on our own debt each step of the way. Good luck and welcome!

  2. baselle Says:
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    Equifax is the 3rd.

  3. swanson719 Says:
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    Digging out is the most rewarding and meaningful part, because the pain of doing so makes you remember why you don't go back to it later. For that reason, I think it's really important to keep your husband actively involved in this and not do all the paperwork for him and he not deal with it. Don't nag him to the point of resentment, but make him learn from it too.

    Spenders and savers marry each other, because a spender has no money to live on and a saver has no life, but a big pile of cash. The two balance each other out.

  4. Personal Finance Student Says:
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    Use http://annualcreditreport.com to get the three for free. I get mine and my husband's each year too; it's just smart.

    Swanson719 - funny comment about balancing each other out!

  5. north georgia gal Says:
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    I feel like I am reading my own life!!! the problem with my DH is that he has put his head in the sand for so long that there is no telling what he owes to who! So for the time being, I am focused on becoming debt free and then I will work on him. I tried to take care of all of this for him when we first married and all it did was drive me closer to the funny farm! So now when he decides he wants my help, I will give it to him! Until then, he continues to have his head in the sand!

  6. north georgia gal Says:
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    Also, you can go to creditkarma.com to get his credit score since the annualcreditreport.com doesn't give you that information.

  7. LuxLiving Says:
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    Did you give up on us over here? How are you doing?

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