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RSA 460:2 · Wife's Contracts, etc

Title
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter
460 · HUSBAND AND WIFE
Status
current
Official source linked
Yes

Official source

460:2 Wife's Contracts, etc. –
Every married woman shall have the same rights and remedies, and shall be subject to the same liabilities in relation to property held by her in her own right, as if she were unmarried, and may convey, make contracts, and sue and be sued, in all matters in law and equity, and upon any contract by her made, or for any wrong by her done, as if she were unmarried. No damages shall be allowed to either spouse in any action based on alienation of the affections of the other spouse.
Source. 1846, 327:4. CS 158:15. GS 164:13. 1869, 35:1. 1871, 27:2. 1876, 32:1. 1877, 22:1. GL 183:12. 1879, 57:27. PS 176:2. PL 288:2. 1939, 170:4. RL 340:2. 1949, 193:1. 1951, 78:1. RSA 460:2. 1981, 192:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1981.

Source note

Source. 1846, 327:4. CS 158:15. GS 164:13. 1869, 35:1. 1871, 27:2. 1876, 32:1. 1877, 22:1. GL 183:12. 1879, 57:27. PS 176:2. PL 288:2. 1939, 170:4. RL 340:2. 1949, 193:1. 1951, 78:1. RSA 460:2. 1981, 192:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1981.

Source history

  • 1846, 327:4. CS 158:15. GS 164:13
  • 1869, 35:1
  • 1871, 27:2
  • 1876, 32:1
  • 1877, 22:1. GL 183:12
  • 1879, 57:27. PS 176:2. PL 288:2
  • 1939, 170:4. RL 340:2
  • 1949, 193:1
  • 1951, 78:1. RSA 460:2
  • 1981, 192:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1981

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