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SPOUSES
Absentee, marriage, null and void status, Minn. Statutes 2024 518.01
Acknowledgments, description of relationship, in certificate, Minn. Statutes 2024 358.14
Agents, see Health care power of attorney under HEALTH CARE
Antenuptial agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 501A.04, 519.11
Appointment by, guardians of incapacitated persons, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.5-301, 524.5-302
Armed forces members, see Spouses under ARMED FORCES MEMBERS
Authorization by, dissection of deceased spouses, Minn. Statutes 2024 145.161
Barring interest, rights reciprocal, Minn. Statutes 2024 519.07
Battered women programs and services, Minn. Rules 2915.0100 to 2915.0700
Bigamy, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.355
Candidates for office, election judges, serving as, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 204B.19
Caregivers
Employment, earned sick and safe time, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.9445 to 181.9448
Spouses defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.02
Cemetery lot owners, spouses of, signatures, Minn. Statutes 2024 306.15
Certificates and certification, minor drivers, supervision, Minn. Statutes 2024 171.04, 171.055
Certified copies, issuance to, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.225
Civil marriages, construction of law, Minn. Statutes 2024 517.23
Claims against, medical assistance liens, Minn. Statutes 2024 514.981
Cohabitation, putative spouses, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2024 518.055
Combined return, income taxes, Minn. Rules 8038.0100
Committed persons, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2024 253B.10, 253B.14, 253B.16
Committed sex offenders, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2024 253D.13
Consent
Assisted reproduction
Dispute of parentage, Minn. Statutes 2024 257E.24
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 257E.23
Withdrawal of consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 257E.26
Children, drivers' license applications, Minn. Statutes 2024 171.04, 171.05, 171.055
Committed sex offenders, medical or surgical procedures, Minn. Statutes 2024 253D.17
Loan assignments, security agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 56.17
Minor spouses, drivers' license applications, Minn. Statutes 2024 171.04 to 171.055
Unearned wages, assignment as security, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.07
Consumer credit reports, equal treatment, Minn. Statutes 2024 325G.042
Conveyances, Minn. Statutes 2024 500.19, 507.02, 507.04
Cooperative associations, spouses of members, voting for members, Minn. Statutes 2024 308A.635
Corporate personnel, spouses of, loans to or guarantees for, nonprofit corporations, Minn. Statutes 2024 317A.501
Credit unions, membership, Minn. Statutes 2024 52.05
Death, see SURVIVING SPOUSES
Debts, liability, Minn. Statutes 2024 519.05, 519.06
Deceased, marriage, null and void status, Minn. Statutes 2024 518.01
Definitions
Agricultural business enterprise loan program, Minn. Rules 1652.0020
Comprehensive Health Insurance Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 62E.02
Custodial trusts, Minn. Statutes 2024 529.01
Domestic abuse, Minn. Statutes 2024 518B.01
Interested persons, spouses defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.5-102
Lawful gambling and gambling devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 349.18
Medical assistance, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.14
Minnesota family investment program (MFIP), Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.02
MinnesotaCare, Minn. Statutes 2024 256L.01
Property Tax Refund Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 290A.03
Public Guardianship for Adults with Developmental Disabilities Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 252A.02
Public safety officer's survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2024 299A.41
Reimbursement for cost of care of patients and residents in state facilities, Minn. Rules 9515.1200
Small Employer Health Benefit Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 62L.02
Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, Minn. Statutes 2024 354A.011
Transfers to minors, Minn. Statutes 2024 527.21
Uniform Probate Code, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.1-201
Dependents, spouses defined as, Comprehensive Health Insurance Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 62E.02
Desertion, see DESERTION
Developmentally disabled persons, spouses of, see Spouses of under DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS
Dissolution of marriage, see DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
Domestic partners, see DOMESTIC PARTNERS
Election judges, spouses of, serving as, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2024 204B.19
Employee group insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 60A.02
Employment by relatives, unfair discriminatory practices, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 363A.20
Family, spouses defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 142E.01
Financial interest, Medicaid expenditure contracts, acts affecting, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.0914
Former spouses
Defined as designated beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2024 354A.011
Health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 62A.136, 62A.21
Health maintenance organizations, continuation and conversion, Minn. Statutes 2024 62D.101
Motor vehicle insurance policies, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2024 65B.1311
Nonprofit health service plans, continuation and conversion, Minn. Statutes 2024 62C.142
Notice received, pension plan refunds, Minn. Statutes 2024 518.581
Teachers retirement annuities, payments upon death, Minn. Statutes 2024 354.45
Former spouses, victims of crime, spouses of, reparations, Minn. Rules 3050.0100 to 3050.4100
Gender-neutral language, civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2024 517.201
General assistance medical care, recipients, claims against estates, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.15
General assistance, relative's responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.15
Gifts by, motor vehicles, gifts between spouses, motor vehicle sales taxes, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 297B.01
Health and accident insurance
Continuance and conversion, Minn. Statutes 2024 62A.20, 62A.21
Dental insurance, coverage exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 62A.136
Former spouses, Minn. Statutes 2024 62A.136, 62A.21
Minnesota employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2024 43A.317
Vision care insurance, coverage exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 62A.136
Home and community-based services, elderly waiver, spousal impoverishment rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 256S.05
Home care services, medical assistance
Care provided by, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.0654
Personal care provided by spouse, exclusions and limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.0625
Spousal impoverishment rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 256S.05
Homesteads
Conveyance, Minn. Statutes 2024 507.02
Exemptions, extension to, Minn. Statutes 2024 510.04
Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.124
Households, spouses defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 290A.03
Husbands, see HUSBANDS
Identity and identification, verification, childrens' drivers' license applications, Minn. Statutes 2024 171.04
Incapacitated persons, spouses of, guardians, acceptance of appointment, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.5-302
Income
Spousal impoverishment rules, home and community-based services waivers, Minn. Statutes 2024 256S.05
Spouses of noncitizen sponsors, deemed income, MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.31
Income taxes
Estimated taxes, Minn. Rules 8093.0200, 8093.0500
Returns, Minn. Rules 8038.0100
Separate returns, estimated taxes, Minn. Rules 8093.0200
Injunctions, aiding suicide, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.215
Institutionalized spouses, medical assistance
Assets, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.059, 256B.0595, 256B.17
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.056
Income, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.0575, 256B.058
Personal needs allowance, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.35
Insurance
Defined as insured, Minn. Statutes 2024 65B.43
Health and accident insurance, see same under this topic
Health maintenance organizations, continuation and conversion, Minn. Statutes 2024 62D.101
Motor vehicle liability insurance coverage, Minn. Statutes 2024 65B.49
Insurance policies, issuance, Motor vehicles, former spouses, Minn. Statutes 2024 65B.1311
Interested persons
Civil commitment definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 253B.02
Spouses defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 252A.02
Joint bankruptcy, exempt property, Minn. Statutes 2024 550.371
Joint return, income taxes, Minn. Rules 8038.0100
Land registration, applications, Minn. Statutes 2024 508.05, 508A.05
Language, civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2024 517.201
Lawsuits
Aiding suicide, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.215
Dram shop actions, Minn. Statutes 2024 340A.801
Parties to suits, Minn. Statutes 2024 540.05, 540.09
Liability, debts, Minn. Statutes 2024 519.05, 519.06
Loss of support, economic loss, crime victim reimbursement, Minn. Statutes 2024 611A.52, 611A.53
Maintenance, see SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE
Married persons, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2024 519.01 to 519.11
Maternal death studies, access to data, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 145.901
Medical assistance
Caregiver services provided by spouse, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.4911, 256B.85
Community spouses, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.059, 256B.14
Contributions, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.14
Financial interest, Medicaid expenditure contracts, acts affecting, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.0914
Home care services, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.0625, 256B.0654
Nursing home residents, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.08
Payments or repayments, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.0625, 256B.14
Recipients, claims against estates, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.15
Surviving spouses, see Medical assistance under SURVIVING SPOUSES
Medical cannabis patient registry program, registered designated caregiver, Minn. Statutes 2024 342.52
Mentally ill persons, spouses of, access, medical records, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.334
Minor spouses
Conveyances, legal capacity, Minn. Statutes 2024 507.02
Defined as children, Minn. Statutes 2024 256L.01
Veterans, minor spouses of, Minn. Statutes 2024 48.245
Names, disclosure, revenue recapture, supplying to claimant agency, Minn. Statutes 2024 270A.11
National Guard members, spouses of, tuition and textbook reimbursement grants, Minn. Statutes 2024 192.501
Near relatives, spouses defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 252A.02
Nonsupport, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.375
Nursing facilities, medical assistance, notice of resources, Minn. Statutes 2024 256R.06
Parties to suits, Minn. Statutes 2024 540.05, 540.09
Partition of real estate, release of contingent interest to spouse, Minn. Statutes 2024 558.28
Payments by
Medical assistance, payment or repayment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.14
MFIP participants, cremation, burial, and funeral expenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.95
Payments to, medical assistance, personal care services, reimbursement prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.0625
Postmarital agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 501A.04, 519.11
Premarital agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 519.11
Premarital agreements, antenuptial agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 501A.04
Principals, see Health care power of attorney under HEALTH CARE
Property taxes, see Claimants (refunds) under PROPERTY TAXES
Proxies, living wills, dissolution or annulment of marriage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 145B.09
Public members, statutory construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 645.44
Putative spouses, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2024 518.055
Real property
Conveyances, Minn. Statutes 2024 500.19, 507.02, 507.04
Homestead determination, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.124
Transfer of ownership between, Minn. Statutes 2024 287.20
Transfer on death deeds, Minn. Statutes 2024 507.071, 507.072
Responsible relatives
Spouses defined as, reimbursement for cost of care of patients and residents in state facilities, Minn. Rules 9515.1200
Spouses of regional treatment center clients, see Responsible relatives under REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS
Spouses of state nursing home residents, Minn. Rules 9515.1200
Responsible relatives, spouses defined as, medical assistance, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.14
Same-sex civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2024 517.201
Savings associations, accounts, rights, Minn. Statutes 2024 51A.251
School personnel, spouses of, school supplies, dealing in, Minn. Statutes 2024 123B.20
Separate legal existence, married persons, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2024 519.01
Signatures
Cemetery lot owners, spouses of, Minn. Statutes 2024 306.15
Conveyances, Minn. Statutes 2024 507.02
Cooperative electric associations, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 216B.026
Income tax returns, Minn. Statutes 2024 289A.08
Small employer health benefit plans, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 62L.02, 62L.03, 62L.07
Social Security numbers, homestead applications, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.124
Surviving spouses, see SURVIVING SPOUSES
Telephone assistance plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 237.70
Testimony of one spouse against the other, Minn. Statutes 2024 260E.04, 595.02, 609.326
Trusts, income payable to spouse, time of entitlement, Minn. Statutes 2024 501C.1104
Unemployment insurance
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.085
Generally, see UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Veterans, spouses of
Minnesota family investment program (MFIP), eligibility, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.02
Minor spouses, Minn. Statutes 2024 48.245
Veterans preference, private employment, Minn. Statutes 2024 197.4551
Victims of crime, spouses of, employers, retaliation, Minn. Statutes 2024 611A.036
Voting, cooperative electric associations, Minn. Statutes 2024 216B.026
Wills
Appointment of guardian for incapacitated spouse, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.5-302
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 524.2-301
Wives, see WIVES
Workers' compensation, coverage, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.041