And even if a judge orders a joint debt to be split down the middle, consumers can still take steps to protect themselves from irresponsible behavior by their former partner.

Student-loan borrowers with spousal loans can finally separate their balances and receive federal debt relief. Congress shuttered the spousal joint consolidation loan program in 2006, which ...

Judge halts billions in debt relief for farmers of color as conservative group for White farmers sue The program was already temporarily on hold, due to a separate restraining order in a case by a ...

An appellate court issued an emergency motion lifting the block on part of the Education Department’s student debt relief plan ... in favor of the emergency order allowing a provision lowering ...