2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 537.040. — Married woman liable alone for her torts.

537.040. For all civil injuries committed by a married woman, damages may be recovered against her alone, and her husband shall not be responsible therefor, except in cases where, under the law, he would be jointly responsible with her, if the marriage did not exist.

(RSMo 1939 § 3680)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3290; 1919 § 4241

(1986) The court abolished the doctrine of interspousal immunity as a bar to claims for intentional torts. Townsend v. Townsend (Mo. banc), 708 S.W.2d 646.

(1986) The doctrine of spousal immunity is no longer available as a bar to negligence actions. S.A.V. v. K.G.V. (Mo. banc), 708 S.W.2d 651.