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Maine · Through October 1, 2025

19-A M.R.S. §804: No liability for spouse's debts or torts; property subject to execution; partnerships

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  1. TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  2. PART 2: MARRIED PERSONS
  3. CHAPTER 25: RIGHTS OF MARRIED PERSONS

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 that person's spouse's torts in which that person takes no part.

2. Partnerships. This section may not be construed to mean that a person is not liable for the debts, contracted in the name of the partnership, of a partnership between the person and the person's spouse or among the person, the spouse and 3rd persons. This section may not be construed to prohibit or limit the formation of a partnership between a husband and a wife or among a husband, wife and 3rd persons.

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