In particularly acrimonious divorces, it's not unusual for one party to clean out joint savings and checking accounts and
cancel joint credit cards.
Not exact matches
This can be as simple as phoning the
credit card company and explaining that due to a pending divorce, you need to
cancel the
joint account and wish to open a line of
credit in your own name.
If you haven't already done so during your divorce, you need to
cancel all of your
joint credit cards.
Pay off any
joint debts as soon as possible and
cancel all jointly held
credit cards and to set up individual
credit accounts.
If you have a
joint credit card, for example, you may want to
cancel that immediately to prevent your separated spouse from running up new debts that could be your responsibility.