Utah § 81-3-104 - Married individual's right to wages -- Actions for personal injury.

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§ 81-3-104. Married individual's right to wages -- Actions for personal injury.

Effective 9/1/2024
81-3-104.  Married individual's right to wages -- Actions for personal injury.
(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.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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