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Help with self managed dmp 80k CC and loans

wobbhjelly · 2025-11-17 16:18:17

Hello ive been browsing topics on this site for a while and reading up on all the advice . My story is a follows , two years ago I lost my eldest daughter to cancer at 6 years old . Due these circumstances having to take time of work and after my wife was unable to return to work as she worked in a primary school and found…

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katsu Posts: 5,050 Forumite

24 November 2025 at 11:22AM

If your wife isn't working, why are you paying a loan in her name?

Maybe it's better that she has a DRO for eg?

People like @fatbelly can tell you about those.

It might help you resolve issues to look at the family income and expenditure, and you can make it clear what your wife has as debts and spending and income?

Debt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.
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