Will Legal Seperation protect me from lawsuit

California. If I legally seperate from my husband, and he hurts someone or does damage to anyones property while drunk and driving, Can I still be held liable. I have property in my name only that I owned solely before marriage and he has signed a quit claim.

[JETX]

"If I legally seperate from my husband, and he hurts someone or does damage to anyones property while drunk and driving, Can I still be held liable."
*** As you asked it, no. You would not be LIABLE for his conduct. However, I think your real question was can your assets be claimed to pay damages?? And the question to that is...... probably. Any communal assets could be seized or levied by a judgment.

"I have property in my name only that I owned solely before marriage and he has signed a quit claim."
*** Any property that is NOT communal would be exempt from claims against him. Curious though... if the property was in pre-marriage and in your name only, why the 'quit claim'??

Because I refinanced and the lender required the quit claim. So my property is protected even without a seperation or divorce?

[HomeGuru]

Originally posted by rroyce
Because I refinanced and the lender required the quit claim. So my property is protected even without a seperation or divorce?

**A: wait a minute. You already have another thread on this very subject.

[JETX]

"So my property is protected even without a seperation or divorce?"
*** That is NOT what I said. Any communal property (even quit claimed) COULD be subject to a claim. And the reason is that even a quit claim could be challenged as to its validity by a creditor.