Utah Statutes

§ 81-3-104 — Married individual's right to wages -- Actions for personal injury.

Utah·Title 81 Utah Domestic Relations Code·Ch. 81-3 Rights and Obligations During Marriage·Part 81-3-1 Property Rights
(1)A married individual may:
(1)(a) receive the wages for the individual's personal labor as if unmarried;
(1)(b) maintain an action in the individual's own name and hold the same in the individual's own right as if unmarried; and
(1)(c) prosecute and defend all actions for the preservation and protection of the individual's rights and property as if unmarried.
(2)A husband does not have a right of recovery:
(2)(a) on account of personal injury or wrong to the husband's wife; or
(2)(b) for expenses connected with the personal injury or wrong to the husband's wife.
(3)(3)(a) A wife may recover against a third person for a personal injury or wrong to the wife as if unmarried.
(3)(b) A recovery shall include expenses of medical treatment and other expenses paid or assumed by the husband.

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Legislative History

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session

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