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§ 4-204. Married women; right to deal as if unmarried

West's Annotated Code of MarylandFamily LawEffective: March 27, 2019

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Family Law (Refs & Annos)
Title 4. Spouses (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2. Spouses' and Third Persons' Rights (Refs & Annos)
Effective: March 27, 2019
MD Code, Family Law, § 4-204
§ 4-204. Married women; right to deal as if unmarried
Currentness
A married woman may do any of the following, as if she were unmarried:
(1) engage in a business;
(2) make a contract with any person, including her husband, whether or not she is engaged in business;
(3) bind herself and her assigns by a covenant running with or related to real property or chattels real deeded to her on or after March 19, 1867;
(4) form a partnership with any person, including her husband;
(5) sue on any contract, including a contract made with her husband;
(6) sue for the recovery, security, or protection of her property;
(7) sue for any tort committed against her; and
(8) appoint counsel to represent her in an action brought under § 4-205(b) or (c) of this subtitle or § 4-301(b) of this title.

Credits

Added by Acts 1984, c. 296, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 8, § 5.
Formerly Art. 45, §§ 5, 16, 18, 20.
MD Code, Family Law, § 4-204, MD FAMILY § 4-204
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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