Is a wife’s property liable to clear off her husband’s debts?
Full Question:
My father gifted me some landed property before my marriage. After marriage, my husband brought a land next to it. We kept the both properties together and there is no separation. My husband is asking the whole property to clear off his debts. Am I liable to give him the whole property?
03/02/2017 |
Category: Marriage » Marital Prop... |
State: Vermont |
#33183
Answer:
“ All personal property and rights of action acquired by a woman before or during coverture, except by gift from her husband, shall be held to her sole and separate use. Neither a wife's separate property nor the rents, issues, income and products of the same shall be subject to the disposal of her husband or liable for his debts. Nothing herein contained shall authorize a claim by either husband or wife against the other for personal services.”