519.01 SEPARATE LEGAL EXISTENCE. Women shall retain the same legal existence and legal personality after marriage as before, and every married woman shall receive the same protection of all her rights as a woman which her husband does as a man, including the right to appeal to the courts in her own name alone for […]
519.02 PROPERTY RIGHTS. All property, real, personal, and mixed, and all choses in action, owned by any woman at the time of her marriage, shall continue to be her separate property, notwithstanding such marriage; and any married woman, during coverture, may receive, acquire, and enjoy property of every description, and the rents, issues, and profits […]
519.03 RESPONSIBLE FOR TORTS AND BOUND BY CONTRACT. Every married woman is bound by her contracts and responsible for her torts, and her property shall be liable for her debts and torts to the same extent as if unmarried. She may make any contract which she could make if unmarried, and shall be bound thereby, […]
519.04 PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY WIFE DURING SEPARATION; CONVEYANCES. All property, real and personal, acquired by any woman in her own name during any period of time in which she shall have been or may hereafter be legally separated from her husband by a decree of any court of this state, shall be and remain her […]
519.05 LIABILITY OF HUSBAND AND WIFE. (a) A spouse is not liable to a creditor for any debts of the other spouse. Where husband and wife are living together, they shall be jointly and severally liable for necessary medical services that have been furnished to either spouse, including any claims arising under section 246.53, 256B.15, […]
519.06 CONTRACTS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE. No contract between husband and wife relative to the real estate of either, or any interest therein, shall be valid, except as provided in section 500.19, subdivisions 4 and 5; but, in relation to all other subjects, either may contract with the other. A husband or wife may appoint […]
519.07 BARRING INTEREST OF SPOUSE; RIGHTS RECIPROCAL. A person who has an interest in real estate may bring an action in any county in which all or a part of the real estate is located, seeking a decree that will bar any inchoate interest of the person’s spouse in the real estate. The court may […]
519.091 RESIDUAL MARITAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ABOLISHED. Subdivision 1. Interest abolished. The marital property interest in real property, as defined in section 518.003, subdivision 3b, that was owned by a person’s former spouse is abolished effective July 1, 1990, as against the interest of a third person that is of record before January 1, 1989. Subd. […]
519.101 DOWER AND CURTESY ACTIONS. Subdivision 1. General. The following actions must be commenced, and a notice of lis pendens filed with the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county where the property is located, within 15 years after the conveyance on which the action is based was recorded with the county recorder […]
519.11 ANTENUPTIAL AND POSTNUPTIAL CONTRACTS. Subdivision 1. Antenuptial contract. A man and woman of legal age may enter into an antenuptial contract or settlement prior to solemnization of marriage which shall be valid and enforceable if (a) there is a full and fair disclosure of the earnings and property of each party, and (b) the […]
