Utah Code 81-3-104. Married individual’s right to wages — Actions for personal injury
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(1) A married individual may:
Terms Used In Utah Code 81-3-104
- Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
(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.