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2021 Montana Code Annotated
Title 40. Family Law
Chapter 2. Husband and Wife
Part 3. Power of Married Persons to Contract
40-2-302. Liability of spouse
Universal Citation: MT Code § 40-2-302 (2021)
40-2-302. Liability of spouse. The contracts made by a married person with respect to the person's individual property, labor, or services are not binding upon the person's spouse and do not render the spouse or the spouse's property liable for the contracts. However, the contracting person and that person's individual property are liable on the contracts in the same manner as if the person were single.
History: En. Sec. 1446, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 254, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3734, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5810, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5810, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 293, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 36-129; amd. Sec. 1572, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
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