Financial Clean up after getting sober?
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Financial Clean up after getting sober?
| Fri, 02-17-2012 - 8:21pm |
My SO has been sober for a little over 3 years. When we first met and became friends, he was drinking and had just lost his job. The was after a stint in rehab after his alcoholism almost killed him. The last 3 years prior to our meeting were a horrible slide into oblivion and when he got sober he found he had a huge financial mess to clean up.
To date, he has fixed all his IRS issues, and has a year's payment plan with his state taxes. He has been paying full child support plus some toward arrears (that accumulated during those last
I am think his best idea is to talk to a lawyer and consumer credit counselors. I admire the fact that he put the child support and taxes first. Have him talk to the lawyer who did the divorce and check what was exactly in the documents.