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Background: My husband has a bill at a hospital that is owned by the state. It is not a bill we were supposed to have paid, but I cannot get them to understand that. This brings us to today. I received a letter saying that my state income tax refund was being kept to go toward this bill. It says that I may be able to file as a non-liable spouse and keep the portion of the refund that is what I paid in. Since I am the only income and all of it was paid in by me, I am interested in doing this. I have looked everywhere and can't find the definition of non=liable spouse, only that it means I am not liable for the debt. We were married at the time, but it is for his medical care. Does anyone know if I would qualify as non-liable spouse? We live in Ohio.