20 chapters · 438 sections in this title.
19-A M.R.S. § 801 Holding and disposing of property
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A married person, widow or widower of any age may own in the person's own right real and personal estate acquired by descent, gift or purchase.
19-A M.R.S. § 802 Spouse's separate property
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A person having property is not deprived of any part of that property by marriage, and a person acquires no right to any property of that person's spouse. A married person may release to that person's spouse the right to control that person's property or any part of it and to dis…
19-A M.R.S. § 803 Spouse's earnings
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A married person may receive the wages of that person's personal labor not performed for that person's own family, maintain an action for those wages in that person's own name and hold them in that person's own right against that person's spouse or any other person.
19-A M.R.S. § 804 No liability for spouse's debts or torts; property subject to execution; partnerships
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1. Liability for debts or torts. A married person is not liable for the debts of that person's spouse contracted before marriage nor for those contracted in the spouse's own name for any lawful purpose. A married person is not liable for that person's spouse's torts in which that…