Multiple Apple IDs linked to my iTunes account?

When I try to update my apps from within iTunes, it says that certain apps in my library were purchased on my husband's iTunes account.  I assume that this is somehow related to the one time that he plugged his phone into my computer and allowed it to sync?  How do I get his apps out of my library so that everything in there is linked to my apple ID and I can update all of my apps without erasing anything on his phone?

If all of the purchases and data are linked to your account, you can't transfer it to her account. You can't transfer purchases to another Apple ID.
She can continue to use your ID in order to update the current apps, but she cannot update them with her Apple ID. That doesn't work. Plus, if she is using iCloud for syncing Pages documents - she must continue to use your iCloud account as well.
Now can she use the apps from your account and still use her own ID? Yes she can, but signing in and out of two Apple ID's and downloading past purchases with your ID on her iPad will lock her out of her own Apple ID and iTunes account for 90 days.

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