1. (1) A married individual may:

   1. (a) receive the wages for the individual's personal labor as if unmarried;
   2. (b) maintain an action in the individual's own name and hold the same in the individual's own right as if unmarried; and
   3. (c) prosecute and defend all actions for the preservation and protection of the individual's rights and property as if unmarried.

2. (2) A husband does not have a right of recovery:

   1. (a) on account of personal injury or wrong to the husband's wife; or
   2. (b) for expenses connected with the personal injury or wrong to the husband's wife.

3. (3)

   1. (a) A wife may recover against a third person for a personal injury or wrong to the wife as if unmarried.
   2. (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