GroundRules
FAM § 913
Where this section sits in the code
- Family Code - FAM
- DIVISION 4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DURING MARRIAGE [700. - 1620.]
- PART 3. LIABILITY OF MARITAL PROPERTY [900. - 1000.]
- CHAPTER 2. General Rules of Liability [910. - 916.]
(a) The separate property of a married person is liable for a debt incurred by the person before or during marriage.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute:
(1) The separate property of a married person is not liable for a debt incurred by the person’s spouse before or during marriage.
(2) The joinder or consent of a married person to an encumbrance of community estate property to secure payment of a debt incurred by the person’s spouse does not subject the person’s separate property to liability for the debt unless the person also incurred the debt.
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