Need some help with a semi-legal issue...

[DrPizza]

IANAL, however, I'd think "solely responsible" doesn't include sending a check to your ex, making her responsible for forwarding the money on to the loan people.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

IANAL, however, I'd think "solely responsible" doesn't include sending a check to your ex, making her responsible for forwarding the money on to the loan people.

Might be the only mechanism available, if Sallie Mae refuses to add the OP as a direct payee to the loan.

FWIW, the clause detailing the responsibility for the loan is quite vague. If I were preparing the document, I would have included the student loan number, the estimated amount, and stated that "under no circumstances shall [INSERT OP's name] be responsible any present or future balance in excess of the amount previously stated, or for any other present or future education loan inuring to OP's ex-wife's benefit, except such loans as to which the OP is a co-signee.

But again, WHAT DO I KNOW? I'm a patent attorney, I don't specialize in (or have any particular knowledge of) family law, and I'm not licensed in the OP's state. So to beat a dead horse. Nothing I say here constitutes legal advice.

 

[MotionMan]

Might be the only mechanism available, if Sallie Mae refuses to add the OP as a direct payee to the loan.

FWIW, the clause detailing the responsibility for the loan is quite vague. If I were preparing the document, I would have included the student loan number, the estimated amount, and stated that "under no circumstances shall [INSERT OP's name] be responsible any present or future balance in excess of the amount previously stated, or for any other present or future education loan inuring to OP's ex-wife's benefit, except such loans as to which the OP is a co-signee.

But again, WHAT DO I KNOW? I'm a patent attorney, I don't specialize in (or have any particular knowledge of) family law, and I'm not licensed in the OP's state. So to beat a dead horse. Nothing I say here constitutes legal advice.

Damn lawyers.

MotionMan

 

[BoomerD]

Damn lawyers.

MotionMan

Hydroelectric??

Oddly enough, that's the nice version of what MOST Americans call lawyers.