Code of Virginia - Title 55 Property And Conveyances - Chapter 3 Property Rights Of Married Women
- 55-35 How married women may acquire and dispose of property
A married woman shall have the right to acquire, hold, use, control and dispose of property as if she were unmarried and such power of ...
- 55-36 Contracts of, and suits by and against, married women
A married woman may contract and be contracted with and sue and be sued in the same manner and with the same consequences as if ...
- 55-37 Spouse not responsible for other spouse's contracts, etc.; mutual liability for necessaries; respon...
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a spouse shall not be responsible for the other spouse's contract or tort liability to a third party, ...
- 55-38 Wife's right of entry into land not barred by certain judgments; when she may defend her right in l...
A woman shall not be barred of her right of entry into land by a judgment in her husband's lifetime by default or collusion, but ...
- 55-39 Rights of wife, etc., not affected by husband's acts only
No conveyance or other act suffered or done by the husband only of any land which is the inheritance of his wife shall be or ...
- 55-40 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 831. ...
- 55-41 Conveyance from husband and wife; effect on right of wife or husband
When a husband and his wife have signed and delivered a writing purporting to convey any estate, real or personal, such writing, whether admitted to ...
- 55-42 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 831. ...
- 55-42.1 How infant spouse may release interests in spouse's property
Notwithstanding the disability of infancy, on or after January 1, 1991, an infant spouse, whether married before or after January 1, 1991, may release his ...
- 55-43 Appointment of attorney in fact by married women; effect of writing executed by such attorne...
A married woman, whether a resident of this Commonwealth or not, may, by power of attorney duly executed and acknowledged as prescribed in § 55-113 ...
- 55-44 , 55-45
Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 16. ...
- 55-46 How estate of a married woman to pass at death
When a married woman, having title to any estate, dies intestate, as to such estate, or any part thereof, it, or such part, shall pass ...
- 55-47 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1992, cc. 617 and 647. ...
- 55-47.01 Equitable separate estates abolished
The estate known as the equitable separate estate no longer exists and any language in any writing, whenever executed, which purports to convey real property ...
- 55-47.1 Tangible personal property
No presumption of ownership of tangible personal property shall arise by operation of law to prefer one spouse of a marriage over the other if ...
Last modified: April 3, 2009