{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-81-3-105","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 81-3-105","heading":"Separate debts.","body":"(1) A married individual is not personally liable for the separate debts, obligations, or liabilities of the individual's spouse that are:\n(a) contracted or incurred before marriage;\n(b) contracted or incurred during marriage, except family expenses as provided in Section 81-3-109;\n(c) contracted or incurred after divorce or an order for separate maintenance under Chapter 4, Dissolution of Marriage, except that the individual is personally liable for any support ordered by a court as described in Chapter 6, Child Support, or an administrative agency as described in Title 26B, Chapter 9, Recovery Services and Administration of Child Support; or\n(d) ordered by the court to be paid by the individual's spouse under Chapter 4, Dissolution of Marriage, and not in conflict with Section 15-4-6.5 or 15-4-6.7.\n(2) A creditor of a married individual may not reach the wages, earnings, property, rents, or other income of the individual's spouse to satisfy a debt, obligation, or liability of the individual under Subsection (1).","path":["Title 81 Utah Domestic Relations Code","Chapter 81-3 Rights and Obligations During Marriage","Part 81-3-1 Property Rights"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title81/Chapter3/81-3-S105.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"9ec372aa1b4e78eb668f89e259e71a1886d3ac28eb46791b45a62991e7aab4b9","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-81-3-104","next":"us-ut/utah-code-81-3-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}