(1) A married individual is not personally liable for the separate debts, obligations, or liabilities of the individual’s spouse that are:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 81-3-105

  • Child: means , except as provided in Section 81-6-101, a biological or adopted child of any age. See Utah Code 81-1-101
  • Court: means :
         (2)(a) a judge; or
         (2)(b) a court commissioner if the court commissioner has authority to hear the matter under Section 78A-5-107 or the Utah Rules of Judicial Administration. See Utah Code 81-1-101
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) contracted or incurred before marriage;
     (1)(b) contracted or incurred during marriage, except family expenses as provided in Section 81-3-109;
     (1)(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
     (1)(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.
(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).