My girlfriend of 2 1/2 years, and I broke up 2 months ago. When we were together she offered to let me use her credit card for a while to help me through a rough spot in my life. I haven't charged anything to these cards in over a year. She now claims that she wants me to pay her $9500 as soon as possibe or she will take me to court. She did transfer a balance off of one of my cards to hers, buother than that the main purchases were just day to day stuff - food, gas, ec. She's ben a total b*tch snce breaking up, and has already moved on with a new boyfriend. I obviously don't want to pay her - can she take me to court and would she have a case if she did? Nothing was ever spoken or written about how to pay this back. We were in fact going to get married so It would've just gotten bunch in with eerything else. What should I do?

I can understand that this is frustrating for you. She can take you to court over the money, but it would up to her to prove that you used the cards. If she does sue you, I would suggest that you speak with an attorney to discuss your legal options. You can find an attorney through the locator service on LawInfo’s home page at: http://www.lawinfo.com/.

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Nothing can be guaranteed, but experience would suggest that typically a judge is going to be likely to allow her to collect on at least a portion of the debt that was yours that she transferred (what was yours going in would be yours going out). However, when couples live together as if married (co-mingling funds and expenses), courts typically find that the day to day purchases don't suddenly become loans or liabilities just because they break up.

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