Can a bank garnish my account for pre-marital debt?
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If the debt and the account are tied together by ownership, yes. If one person has a debt and later gets married to a person completely disconnected from the debt, and they have a joint bank account, that joint account is an asset of the debtor.
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If the debt and the account are tied together by ownership, yes. If one person has a debt and later gets married to a person completely disconnected from the debt, and they have a 