For all injuries committed by a married person or domestic partner, there shall be no recovery against the separate property of the other spouse or other domestic partner except in cases where there would be joint responsibility if the marriage or the state registered domestic partnership did not exist.
RCW 26.16.190
Liability for acts of other spouse or other domestic partner.
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 95 Wash. 2d 237 - deElche v. Jacobsen (1980)
Most recently applied in Red Lion Hotels Franchising, Inc. v. MAK, LLC (December 2011)
2008 c 6 s 616; 1972 ex.s. c 108 s 6; Code 1881 s 2402; RRS s 6904.
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.