Help for bad credit: Relationships, marriage and divorce

Don't let money problems can wreak havoc on your relationships

By Anna Bleker

Just as bad credit can fragment your relationships, some relationships -- especially those in which joint accounts or co-signed loans are involved -- can rip apart your credit score.

Learn about how bad credit affects marriage and relationships in the stories below.

• Don't say 'I do' to bad credit
• How bad credit affects a new marriage
• Come clean about debts before they damage your relationship
• 5 tips for protecting your credit during marriage breakup
• Divorce can result in bad credit
• Establishing credit after divorce 
• Protect your credit score during divorce 
• Tips for rebuilding your credit after divorce  

Published: August 17, 2010

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