This question should be posed to a tax attorney, not a family law attorney. I would be tempted to say that a pre-marital debt remains the debt of the person who incurred it, and does not become the responsibility of a spouse after-the-fact. That, however, may not be the way a tax attorney or the IRS would look at things.
Danielle D. D'Eor-Hynes
Family Law Center, LLC
www.hynesfamilylaw.com
Answered on Oct 09th, 2012 at 8:37 AM