37:2-16 - Contracts of married woman without joinder or consent of husband - New-jersey Statutes

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37:2-16. Contracts of married woman without joinder or consent of husband
Any married woman shall have the right to bind herself by contract in the same manner and to the same extent as though she were unmarried, which contract shall be legal and obligatory, and may be enforced by and against such married woman in her own name and apart from her husband. Any contract relating to or affecting her estate, interest or right in her real property or that of her husband shall be valid without the joinder therein or consent thereto of her husband, but shall not affect any estate, interest or right of her husband in such real estate.

Amended by L.1953, c. 34, p. 602, s. 6, eff. March 19, 1953.

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37:2-16. Contracts of married woman without joinder or consent of husband
Any married woman shall have the right to bind herself by contract in the same manner and to the same extent as though she were unmarried, which contract shall be legal and obligatory, and may be enforced by and against such married woman in her own name and apart from her husband. Any contract relating to or affecting her estate, interest or right in her real property or that of her husband shall be valid without the joinder therein or consent thereto of her husband, but shall not affect any estate, interest or right of her husband in such real estate.

Amended by L.1953, c. 34, p. 602, s. 6, eff. March 19, 1953.

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37:2-16. Contracts of married woman without joinder or consent of husband
Any married woman shall have the right to bind herself by contract in the same manner and to the same extent as though she were unmarried, which contract shall be legal and obligatory, and may be enforced by and against such married woman in her own name and apart from her husband. Any contract relating to or affecting her estate, interest or right in her real property or that of her husband shall be valid without the joinder therein or consent thereto of her husband, but shall not affect any estate, interest or right of her husband in such real estate.

Amended by L.1953, c. 34, p. 602, s. 6, eff. March 19, 1953.