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–687– -687§ 281. Inventory of separate property A full and complete inventory of the separate personal property of either spouse may be made out and signed by the spouse, acknowledged or proved in the manner required by chapter 27 of Title 4, and recorded in the office of the registrar of property. § 282. Filing inventory; effect The filing of the inventory in the office of the registrar of property is notice and prima facie evidence of the title of the party filing the inventory. § 283. Contracts by wife; liability of community property The property of the community is not liable for the contracts of the wife, made after marriage, unless secured by mortgages thereof executed by the husband. § 284. Wife's earnings; liability for husband's debts The earnings of the wife are not liable for the debts of the husband. § 285. Wife's earnings when living separate The earnings and accumulations of the wife, while she is living separate from her husband, are her separate property. § 286. Earnings of each party after separate maintenance judgment After the rendition of a judgment or decree for separate maintenance the earnings or accumulations of each party are the separate property of the party acquiring them. § 287. Husband's earnings after interlocutory divorce judgment After the rendition of an interlocutory judgment of divorce and while the parties are living separate and apart, the earnings and accumulations of the husband are the separate property of the husband. § 288. Wife's pre-marital debts; liability of husband Neither the separate property of the husband nor his earnings after marriage are liable for the debts of the wife contracted before the marriage. § 289. Wife's separate property; general liability (a) The separate property of the wife is liable for her own debts contracted before or after marriage, but it is not liable for her husband's debts, except as provided by subsection (b) of this section. (b) The separate property of the wife is liable for the payment of debts contracted by the husband or wife for the necessities of life furnished to them or either of them while they are living together. This subsection does not apply to the separate property of the wife held b ^ her at the time of marriage or acquired by her aiter marriage by devise, succession, or gift, other than by gift from the husband. § 290. Wife's separate property; liability for certain secured debts The separate property of the wife is not liable for a debt or obligation secured by mortgage, deed of trust, or other hypothecation of the community property, unless the wife expressly assents in writing to the liability of her separate property for the debt or obligation. § 291. Married woman's torts For civil injuries committed by a married woman, damages may be recovered from her alone, and her husband is not liable therefor, except in cases where he would be jointly liable with her if the marriage did not exist.

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