A:Debt acquired during the marriage but before separation is marital debt, regardless of whose name it is in. This is also true of assets. Therefore, under the Pennsylvania Divorce Code, the $25,000 credit card debt is marital and is the responsibility of both of you. This does not mean that your attorney could not argue that it is not equitable for you to be responsible for any of it or that your wife should be responsible for the lion’s share of it. That is where creative lawyering comes in.