When a spouse has deserted the family, the deserted spouse may prosecute or defend, in the name of the absent spouse, any action which the absent spouse might have prosecuted or defended, and shall have the same powers and rights therein as the absent spouse might have had.
Minn. Stat. § 540.09
DESERTED SPOUSE MAY SUE AND DEFEND IN ABSENT SPOUSE'S NAME.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Adams v. Toyota Motor Corp. (2017)
Most recently applied in Adams v. Toyota Motor Corp. (August 2017)
(9173) RL s 4061; 1981 c 31 s 16
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.