Married couples with bad debts have problems enough, but if divorce is in the air, things could be about to get a whole lot worse. When you consider that bad debts can be a cause for divorce it becomes clear that this is a big problem facing many people. You might think everything is split 50-50, but in real life, people have different earnings and have different responsibilities, and there could be only one name on certain crucial shared items like a mortgage or a loan. A stay-at-home mum might have sacrificed a career to bring up the kids, and such things need to be taken into account when making divorce settlements. And all this without mentioning solicitors fees.
The first problem might be the house. From two contributors to a mortgage there could suddenly be just one. In most cases this benefits neither party, as one person is effectively homeless and the other might end up paying double what they are used to. No two cases are the same, but some arrangement will have to be sorted out. Theres also the economy of scale of having multiple occupants of a house. Food, heating, water, cooking, council tax and electricity bills will be much less per person when shared than...