Not exact matches
Note that negative information — such as missed payments —
falls off your
credit report only after seven years by law, so closing a card won't erase any bad payment
history.
Although it takes late payments seven years to
fall off your
credit report, your most recent payment
history (two years) is more important.
Second, the payment
histories on your closed accounts will eventually
fall off your
credit report, also hurting your score.
Just about the only other way for her
credit rating to improve is for her
history of bad debt to
fall off the
credit report, but that's going to take quite some time.
Negative items typically
fall off your
credit report after seven years (10 in the case of bankruptcy), leaving you a clean slate with which to re-establish a healthy
credit history.