{"data":{"id":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-804","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"19-A M.R.S. §804","heading":"No liability for spouse's debts or torts; property subject to execution; partnerships","body":"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.\n2.  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.","path":["TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS","PART 2: MARRIED PERSONS","CHAPTER 25: RIGHTS OF MARRIED PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/19-A/title19-Asec804.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"4fcc8961e743befb93b354bdf050e31f7b2d421990303191344752a721deba7f","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-803","next":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-805"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}