Can debts assigned in a divorce agreement be discharged in bankruptcy by either party?

Can debts assigned in a divorce agreement be discharged in bankruptcy by either party?

Specifically joint loan accounts, be discharged in bankruptcy by either party? My ex-husband and I have a joint unsecured loan that he has been paying from day one, and he managed to have the divorce papers read that I am responsible for it 100% under equitable distribution (he is still paying and hasn’t contacted me), and since I was broke and homeless at the time, and he would only agree to the divorce with that clause, I signed it thinking I had no choice. I have since remarried and all we get each month is one SSI check.

Asked on February 18, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, New York

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