Student loans are classified like all other property. Any debt incurred after the date of separation will be your sole responsibility.
With respect to the home you will need to sell or refinance the home in order to ensure that you and your ex separate your finances. This is true even if there is enough martial debt to cancel out any equity in the home. The reason is to ensure that you and your spouse are able to completely separate your finances. If one spouse remains on the mortgage note / equity line, often they are unable to get financing in their separate names for a new place to live, also it relieves them of liability on a home they no longer own.
Erin E. Clarey
Attorney with Rosen Law Firm
Raleigh Office
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
919.787.6668 main phone
919.787.6361 main fax
Charlotte Office
301 McCullough Drive
Suite 510
Charlotte, NC 28262
Main Phone: (704)307.4600
Main Fax: (704) 943.0044
Sutton Station
5826 Fayetteville Rd. Suite 205
Durham, NC 27713
Phone: (919) 321-0780
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