§801. Holding and disposing of property A married person, widow or widower of any age may own in the person’s own right real and personal estate acquired by descent, gift or purchase. [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 694, […]
§802. Spouse’s separate property A person having property is not deprived of any part of that property by marriage, and a person acquires no right to any property of that person’s spouse. A married person may release to that person’s spouse the right to control that person’s property or any part of it and to […]
§803. Spouse’s earnings A married person may receive the wages of that person’s personal labor not performed for that person’s own family, maintain an action for those wages in that person’s own name and hold them in that person’s own right against that person’s spouse or any other person. [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. […]
§804. No liability for spouse’s debts or torts; property subject to execution; partnerships 1. Liability for debts or torts. A married person is not liable for the debts of that person’s spouse contracted before marriage nor for those contracted in the spouse’s own name for any lawful purpose. A married person is not liable for […]
§805. Actions by or against spouse; arrest A married person may prosecute and defend civil actions, either of tort or contract, in that person’s own name without the joinder of that person’s spouse, for the preservation and protection of that person’s property and personal rights or for the redress of that person’s injuries, as if […]
§806. Proceedings between husband and wife 1. Civil action against spouse. A wife may bring a civil action against her husband for the recovery, conveyance, transfer, payment or delivery to her of any property, real or personal or both, exceeding $100 in value, standing in his name, or to which he has legal title, or […]
