I was divorced in August of 2007. I was ordered to pay off a credit card that was joint in writing. The judge ordered me verbally to close all joint accounts. I complied. I closed the account and it was paid to zero. I was secondary on this account. My ex-wife reopened it the next day. I reclosed it the next week after finding out it was reopened. My ex-wife sent me a form to sign to remove me from the account. I complied and sent it back. She never sent that in to the credit card company. I made a copy of the form with my signature prior to sending it and sent that enclosure with a letter. 2 weeks later, my ex-wife again reopened the account and took a balance transfer on it for 22000 dollars. I found out about that from a credit report a month later and complained to the credit card company that I closed the account and the second closer was through fraud/security division and they froze the account until my name was taken off. Through numerous interactions, the credit card company says I'm liable for the amount, I can't get my name off the account without the primary's permission, and I can't permanantly close the account. Is this legal with a California resident and the credit card company out of Delaware? What can I do about this in family law court (pay the card off vice her part of an estate equilization payment)?

You need to take her back to court and have her charged with contempt. Also keep everything for your records. If they ask you for the money then they can put it where the sun don't shine and have a nice day. If you canceled the account and you followed court orders by paying on what you had owed then they don't really have a case if they are letting her charge it back up again. Go back to court and let a judge decide on this matter.