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Find the best financial services for you at: SMARTFINANCESOLUTIONS.NET - Car repo question...? - the car was in my wife and another persons name. the other person took the car out of state where it was later repoed and resold. wife was contacted about paying the remaining balance. the other person is now filing for bankruptcy. question is, does my wife benefit in anyway by paying off the balance? is the damage already done to her credit or can she help it by paying for a vehicle she will never see again? -