| (1) |
Neither spouse is personally liable for the separate debts, obligations, or liabilities of the other:
Terms Used In Utah Code 30-2-5- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
| (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 the spouse is personally liable for that portion of the expenses incurred on behalf of a minor child for reasonable and necessary medical and dental expenses, and other similar necessities as provided in a court order under Section 30-3-5, 30-4-3, or 78B-12-212, or an administrative order under Section 26B-9-224; or |
| (d) |
ordered by the court to be paid by the other spouse under Section 30-3-5 or 30-4-3 and not in conflict with Section 15-4-6.5 or 15-4-6.7. |
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| (2) |
The wages, earnings, property, rents, or other income of one spouse may not be reached by a creditor of the other spouse to satisfy a debt, obligation, or liability of the other spouse, as described under Subsection (1). |
Amended by Chapter 327, 2023 General Session
