30-2-10. Homestead rights — Custody of children. Neither the husband nor wife can remove the other or their children from the homestead without the consent of the other, unless the owner of the property shall in good faith provide another homestead suitable to the condition in life of the family; and if a husband or […]
30-2-11. Action for consortium due to personal injury. (1) For purposes of this section: (a) “injury” or “injured” means a significant permanent injury to a person that substantially changes that person’s lifestyle and includes the following: (i) a partial or complete paralysis of one or more of the extremities; (ii) significant disfigurement; or (iii) incapability […]
30-2-2. Wife’s right to contract, sue and be sued. Contracts may be made by a wife, and liabilities incurred and enforced by or against her, to the same extent and in the same manner as if she were unmarried. No Change Since 1953
30-2-3. Conveyances between husband and wife. A conveyance, transfer or lien executed by either husband or wife to or in favor of the other shall be valid to the same extent as between other persons. No Change Since 1953
30-2-4. Wife’s right to wages — Actions for personal injury. A wife may receive the wages for her personal labor, maintain an action therefor in her own name and hold the same in her own right, and may prosecute and defend all actions for the preservation and protection of her rights and property as if […]
30-2-5. Separate debts. (1) Neither spouse is personally liable for the separate debts, obligations, or liabilities of the other: (a) contracted or incurred before marriage; (b) contracted or incurred during marriage, except family expenses as provided in Section 30-2-9; (c) contracted or incurred after divorce or an order for separate maintenance under this title, except […]
30-2-6. Actions based on property rights. Should the husband or wife obtain possession or control of property belonging to the other before or after marriage, the owner of the property may maintain an action therefor, or for any right growing out of the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as if […]
30-2-7. Husband’s liability for wife’s torts. For civil injuries committed by a married woman damages may be recovered from her alone, and her husband may not be held liable for those civil injuries, except in cases where he would be jointly liable with her if the marriage did not exist. Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 […]
30-2-8. Agency between husband and wife. A husband or wife may constitute the other his or her attorney in fact to control and dispose of his or her property for their mutual benefit or otherwise, and may revoke the appointment the same as other persons. No Change Since 1953
Effective 5/12/2015 30-2-9. Family expenses — Joint and several liability. (1) The expenses of the family and the education of the children are chargeable upon the property of both spouses or of either of them separately, for which expenses they may be sued jointly or separately. (2) For the expenses described in Subsection (1), where […]
