North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 52 Powers and Liabilities of Married Persons

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-1. Property of married persons secured
The real and personal property of any married person in this State, acquired before marriage or to which he or she may after marriage...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-2. Capacity to contract
Subject to the provisions of G.S. 52-10 or 52-10.1, G.S. 39-7 and other regulations and limitations now or hereafter prescribed by the General Assembly,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-3. Married person may insure spouse's life
Any married person in his or her own name, or in the name of a trustee with his assent, may cause to be insured...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-4. Earnings and damages
The earnings of a married person by virtue of any contract for his or her personal service, and any damages for personal injuries, or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-5. Torts between husband and wife
A husband and wife have a cause of action against each other to recover damages sustained to their person or property as if they...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-5.1. Tort actions between husband and wife arising out of acts occurring outside State
A husband and wife shall have a cause of action against each other to recover damages for personal injury, property damage or wrongful death...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-6. Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 375, s. 1, effective January 1, 1978
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-7. Validation of certificates of notaries public as to contracts or conveyances between husband and wife
Any contract between husband and wife coming within the provisions of G.S. 52-6, executed prior to the first day of January, 1955, acknowledged before...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-8. Validation of contracts failing to comply with provisions of former � 52-6
Any contract between husband and wife coming within the provisions of G.S. 52-6 executed between January 1, 1930, and January 1, 1978, which does...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-9. Effect of absolute divorce decree on certificate failing to comply with � 52-6
Whenever it appears that, since the execution of a contract between a husband and wife in which the certificate of acknowledgment thereof fails to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-10. Contracts between husband and wife generally; releases
(a) Contracts between husband and wife not inconsistent with public policy are valid, and any persons of full age about to be married and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-10.1. Separation agreements
Any married couple is hereby authorized to execute a separation agreement not inconsistent with public policy which shall be legal, valid, and binding in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-10.2. Resumption of marital relations defined
"Resumption of marital relations" shall be defined as voluntary renewal of the husband and wife relationship, as shown by the totality of the circumstances....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-11. Antenuptial contracts and torts
The liability of a married person for any debts owing, or contracts made or damages incurred before marriage shall not be impaired or altered...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-12. Postnuptial crimes and torts
No married person shall be liable for damages accruing from any tort committed by his or her spouse, or for any costs or fines...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-13. Procedures in causes of action for alienation of affection and criminal conversation
(a) No act of the defendant shall give rise to a cause of action for alienation of affection or criminal conversation that occurs after...

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