Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 519.01 (2026)

Separate Legal Existence

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Women shall retain the same legal existence and legal personality after marriage as before, and every married woman shall receive the same protection of all her rights as a woman which her husband does as a man, including the right to appeal to the courts in her own name alone for protection or redress.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1967–2008 · leading case: Carlson v. Moratzka (In Re Carlson), 394 B.R. 491 (8th Cir. BAP 2008).

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Carlson v. Moratzka (In Re Carlson), 394 B.R. 491 (8th Cir. BAP 2008). “See Minn.Stat. Ann. § 519.01 (declaring that women shall retain the same legal existence and legal personality after marriage as before, and that every married woman shall receive the same protection of her rights as a woman which her husband does as a man, including the right…”

Boland v. Morrill, 148 N.W.2d 143 (Minn. 1967). · cites it 2× “13 Section 519.01, 14 which was in effect when Belyea v.”

Coalee Breanna Carlson v. Timothy D. Moratzka (8th Cir. BAP 2008). “02 (providing that all property 4 particularly relevant here, Coalee’s counsel candidly conceded at oral argument that the Bankruptcy Court was correct when it stated that a spouse’s income (or paycheck) is considered to be that spouse’s separate property in Minnesota, until…”

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