Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

divorce and bankruptcy

I cannot afford an attorney and am handling this myself. With that in mind, here's my situation. I owned a mortgage company (Founded mortgage company in 2004, married in 2006) that was closed due to the difficult housing market here in Florida. I am going through a divorce. When I married, my wife had no job, but had some money stashed and we made an agreement that I would pay her bills and support her. I would also provide any cash needs, but we would use her credit which was better than mine. Through our brief marriage and as the market went south on us, she supplied about $10,000 in funds to my mortgage company and signed as the guarantor on a large office copier. In the divorce, she is seeking to recover all of the monies she contributed to the business. There were no written agreements in place, the business is incorporated, I supported her to way over the tune of the monies she loaned to the company. Her attorney says she will attach all the debt to me personally. Can she do that? Should I file for bankruptcy protection? If so, should I wait until I see what happens at the trial and then decide or should I file bankruptcy now, including her ''debts'' in the bankruptcy? Thanks for your answer!

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