Title 19 — Personal Relations

(a) Separate property means: (1) property acquired by either spouse before marriage or after entry of a decree of dissolution of marriage; COL1242015 (2) property and earnings of a spouse and the minor children living with, or in the custody of, the spouse, while living separate …

(a) Separate debt means: (1) a debt contracted or incurred by a spouse before marriage or after entry of a decree of dissolution of marriage; (2) a debt contracted or incurred by a spouse after entry of a decree entered pursuant to § 8401 of this Title unless the decree provides …

(a) The separate debt of a spouse shall be satisfied first from the debtor spouse's separate property, excluding that spouse's interest in property in which each of the spouses owns an undivided equal interest as a joint tenant or tenant in common. Should such property be insuffi…

(a) Community debts shall be satisfied first from all community property and all property in which the spouses own an undivided equal interest as joint tenants or tenants in common, excluding the residence of the spouses. Should such property be insufficient, community debts shal…

Property Where Property Acquired by a Married Woman Prior to July 1, 1980. (a) Property acquired during marriage by either husband or wife, or both, is presumed to be community property. (b) Property or any interest therein acquired during marriage by a woman by an instrument in …

Property: When Joinder Required. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection and § 6109, either spouse has the management and control of the community real property, whether acquired prior to or after July 1, 1980, but both spouses must join in all transfers, conveyances …

(a) Except as provided in Subsections (b), (c), (e) and (f) of this Sec- tion, either spouse alone has full power to manage, control, dispose of and encumber the entire community personal property. (b)(1) If only one spouse is named in a document evidencing ownership of community…

Leases. A minor married person may join with his spouse in all transactions for which joinder is required by §§ 6106 and 6107 of this Title and such joinder shall have the same force and effect as if the minor spouse has attained his majority at the time of the execution of the i…

and Management of Community Personal Property Subject to Manage- ment of One Spouse Alone Where Spouse Has Disappeared or is Adjudged Incompetent. (a) If a spouse is adjudged incompetent or disappears and his location is unknown to the other spouse, the other spouse may file a pe…

All court orders authorizing the transfer, conveyance, encumbrance or lease of community real property or other real property owned by the COL1242015 spouses as co-tenants in joint tenancy or tenancy in common may be recorded in the Department of Land Management. SOURCE: CC § 164…

(a) Either husband or wife may enter into any engagement or transaction with the other, respecting property subject, in transaction between themselves, to the general rules which control the actions of persons occupying confidential relations with each other. (b) The provisions o…

(a) All contracts between husband and wife of which the subject matter is their separate or community property must be in writing and executed and acknowledged or approved in like manner as a grant of land is required to be executed and acknowledged or approved. (b) A minor marri…

(a) A full and complete inventory of the separate personal property of either spouse may be made out and signed by such spouse, acknowledged in the manner required by law for the acknowledgment of a grant of real property and recorded in the Department of Land Management. (b) The…

No estate is allowed the husband as tenant by curtesy upon the death of his wife, nor is any estate in dower allowed to the wife upon the death of her husband. ---------- COL1242015 COL1242015