Code of Alabama - Title 30: Marital and Domestic Relations - Section 30-4-7 - Husband not liable for postnuptial contracts and torts of wife

Section 30-4-7 - Husband not liable for postnuptial contracts and torts of wife.

The husband is not liable for the debts or engagements of the wife, contracted or entered into after marriage, or for her torts in the commission of which he does not participate, but the wife is liable for such debts or engagements, or for her torts, and is suable therefor as if she were sole.

(Code 1886, §2345; Code 1896, §2525; Code 1907, §4491; Code 1923, §8266; Code 1940, T. 34, §70.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021