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title: "Relationships and Money: Partner related Debt"
description: Partnership related debt is on the rise, and it can have serious, long-term effects if you’re on the receiving end of it. Ignorance definitely is not bliss.
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# [Relationships and Money: Partner related Debt](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/relationships-and-money-partner-related-debt)

 Written by [Carole-Anne Priest](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/carole-anne-priest) | 13-Jun-2017 00:00:00

**The debt that you might acquire as a result of your intimate relationship (marriage or de facto), as opposed to a debt that you take on consciously, has been termed ‘sexually transmitted debt.'**

This type of debt might result from a loan that you agreed to be guarantor on, or a rental contract for your previously shared home, or from a mortgage with an ex-partner. However, there are also other ways in which you could incur debt that is not entirely your own. Partnership related debt is on the rise, and it can have serious, long-term effects if you’re on the receiving end of it.

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