Help!

Another brain ache.

My x2b has it in her head that any debts will be split when the divorce is done.

As i siad in this thread here. I have been continuing to pay money into the joint account for bills that are not my doing since I left the house in November 2007 - with the exception of £50 a week food for myself.

However, it's dawning on me that she could well be not putting in as much as she used to in order to generate a debt that will need to be split when the divorce is done.

I suspect the bank won't take my name off the account without her signing her agreement, which I think is highly unlikely.

When the joint account debt (as I'm sure there will be) is split, is any consideration given to where all that money has been going or who has been spending/benefiting from it? Just that I sure as hell haven't been!

Hi, get a list of all standing orders and direct debits from the bank, you can either inform the bank that any overdraft or loan on that account requires your signature, to be honest it would be better to inform the bank that you are ins dispute and going through divorce proceedings, they will then freeze that account.
the choice is yours, any debt incurred will be taken into account but you will have to prove you didnt take any of it.
kind regards
dawn

As I said, the only money I've taken from that account was food. On the bank statements, you can see everything else is house related/bills.

The bank won't take my name off the account without her agreeing and I'm not convinced she'll take my name off.

The plot thickens. Every direct debit in teh account is set up now in her name, with exception of the mortgage, which unknown to me, is still in both our names. The mortgage company have set up the new on, but have been told by her solicitors not to swap it over until the divorce is finalised.

Brilliant.

I don't understand this, my stbx closed the account with no problem without any permissions from me, poof gone. Barclays account. She must have a brilliant solicitor is all I can say, can't you open your own personal account and just divert funds. I'd speak to the bank again and insist the account is closed or your name removed. I'm sure it can be done. Do you have evidence of the separation date, debts shouldn't be classed as joint following this and if you disassociate yourself from the account you can demonstrate it is all her spending. Hope you can get something done.

Barclays allowed me to close joint savings accounts without his consent. They said this was possible because the account was not in debt and the money that was in there was moved into joint current account.

One branch told me I had to have his written consent to close it but another closed it for me there and then.

I can't remove his name from an account but I can close it! How strange is that?

I understand they keep statements of closed accounts for many years so these can be easily requested from any bank.

Hope my experience helps.

Well my Barclays won't allow me do anything. Can't remove my name, writing a letter saying I will not be using this account won't make any difference.

Stuffed.