The husband is not liable for the debts or engagements of the wife, contracted or entered into after marriage, or for her torts in the commission of which he does not participate, but the wife is liable for such debts or engagements, or for her torts, and is suable therefor as if she were sole.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.
Article 1 - Property Rights; Tort and Contract Rights and Liabilities.
Section 30-4-2 - Separate Property of Wife - Earnings of Wife.
Section 30-4-3 - Separate Property of Wife - Wearing Apparel of Wife.
Section 30-4-4 - Separate Property of Wife - Damages Recovered for Injuries to Person or Reputation.
Section 30-4-5 - Property of Wife Subject to Provisions of Chapter.
Section 30-4-6 - Husband Not Liable for Antenuptial Contracts and Torts of Wife.
Section 30-4-7 - Husband Not Liable for Postnuptial Contracts and Torts of Wife.
Section 30-4-8 - Capacity of Wife to Contract.
Section 30-4-9 - Capacity of Husband and Wife to Contract With Each Other.
Section 30-4-11 - Wife to Sue and Be Sued Alone Upon Contracts, Torts, Etc.
Section 30-4-14 - Married Women May Dispose of Separate Estates by Will.