good luck,, divorce is tough on credit scores.
Not if You have your STUFF together.
you mentioned that you do this everyday..
so do I..
so uh.. what would you expect a person freshly out of a divorce's credit score to be..
I'd say almost 70 percent of them are in the toilet, and the other 30 either had no fault divorces, or both of the parties involved were very reponsible to start with.
I've never been thru a divorce, or even been close to anybody that has so I don't know what the problem is.. I just know that when the family goes to crap... the credit normally isn't far behind.
Well , it all depends where you start.
let say you and your spouse have a 650 fico which is the median average score for 2005.
You have a mortgage , 2 cars and 2 credit cards together.
now after divorce. One of you agreed to keep the house. SO you ahve the refinance and pay the other one off.
Assuming you have 30 to 40 % equity in your home. You should be able to pay off you cars , credit cards and a lump sum to whoever wants out of the property.
Now , there is no reason for you scores to go down. They might go up actually .
Problems start to happen when there is a disagreement . Late payments due to both parties not assuming their financial responsabilities. Credit score goes down.
IF you are in the upper 700 scores.780 or so . Your scores might drop due to too many account been closed or opened.
In the 600 range . IT doesnt happen much