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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A married individual may:
(a) receive the wages for the individual's personal labor as if unmarried;
(b) maintain an action in the individual's own name and hold the same in the individual's own right as if unmarried; and
(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:
(a) on account of personal injury or wrong to the husband's wife; or
(b) for expenses connected with the personal injury or wrong to the husband's wife.
(3)(a) A wife may recover against a third person for a personal injury or wrong to the wife as if unmarried.
(b) A recovery shall include expenses of medical treatment and other expenses paid or assumed by the husband.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 81. Utah Domestic Relations Code § 81-3-104. Married individual's right to wages--Actions for personal injury - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-81-utah-domestic-relations-code/ut-code-sect-81-3-104/
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