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Another thing that is also taken into consideration is the timing of the debts and when they
were taken out. To speak generally, the court will divide debt responsibility between two
people if it happened during their marriage, however, if one party entered into the marriage
with a large amount of debt already accredited then the court will look at things differently.
Usually the ruling would decide that the individual is responsible for their own debt but
sometimes this is not the case for those who have been in long term marriages. But typically,
the debt belongs to the person whose name is on it.