§ 15-4-1. Ownership of separate property. The real estate, chattels real, and personal estate which are the property of any woman before marriage, or which may become the property of any woman after marriage, or which may be acquired by her own industry, including damages recovered in suits or proceedings for her benefit and compensation […]
§ 15-4-10. Power to act as fiduciary. A married woman may be, give bond as, and exercise the powers: (1) of trustee, when appointed by deed; (2) of executrix, trustee, or guardian, when appointed under a will or by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (3) of administratrix or guardian, when appointed by a court […]
§ 15-4-11. Agent for husband — Husband as agent. The wife may act as agent or attorney of her husband, and the husband may act as the agent or attorney of his wife. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 11; G.L. 1938, […]
§ 15-4-12. Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife. The husband shall not be liable by reason of the marital relation: (1) for any contract made or for any tort committed by his wife prior to their marriage; (2) for any contract made after marriage by his wife; (3) for torts committed by […]
§ 15-4-13. Liability of property to attachment and levy — Liens. The property secured to a married woman by this chapter shall be liable to attachment and levy for her debts, and to levy for judgment in any action of tort against her, as if she were single and unmarried; and nothing in this chapter […]
§ 15-4-14. Proceeding by or against married woman. (a) In all actions, suits, and proceedings by or against a married woman, she shall sue and be sued alone. (b) In all actions for injuries to the person, a married woman may sue in her own name and may include in the suit a claim for […]
§ 15-4-15. Effect of coverture on adverse possession cases. In all causes of action or cases of adverse possession, no exception to the running of the statute of limitations shall be made in favor of a married woman because of her coverture. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § […]
§ 15-4-16. Property of absent or imprisoned husband. Whenever a husband has abandoned his wife and been absent from the state for the period of one year or more, or whenever the husband is condemned to imprisonment for one year or more, the wife may petition the superior court, wherever sitting, setting forth these facts. […]
§ 15-4-17. Abolition of interspousal immunity. No cause of action shall be barred on the ground that the parties are married or were married at the time that the cause of action accrued. The common-law doctrine of interspousal immunity is explicitly and totally abrogated. History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 124, § 1.
§ 15-4-2. Receipt of property and release of debts by married woman. The sole and separate receipt, order, or discharge of the wife for the payment and delivery to her, or to any person upon her order, of her own property, or the rents and profits of her property, including money on deposit in any […]
§ 15-4-3. Power to contract. A married woman may make any contract the same as if she were single and unmarried, and with the same rights and liabilities. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 3; P.L. 1896, ch. 335, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 3; G.L. […]
§ 15-4-4. Conveyance of property to or from husband or other persons. A married woman may sell and convey directly to, or may take directly from, her husband or any other person any estate or interest in any real or personal property in the same manner and with the same effect as if she were […]
§ 15-4-5. Acknowledgment of deeds and letters of attorney. The deed of a married woman conveying her separate interest in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall be acknowledged by her in the same manner as if she were single and unmarried. If any deed affecting her right of life estate created by chapter 25 of […]
§ 15-4-6. Release of interest. A married woman, including a minor, may bar her right of life estate created by chapter 25 of title 33 in any estate of her husband by joining with him in the deed conveying the estate, and releasing her claim to life estate created by chapter 25 of title 33, […]
§ 15-4-7. Testamentary power. Any married woman of sane mind and not less than eighteen (18) years of age may dispose of her real or personal estate or any portion of her real or personal estate by last will and testament, executed in the manner in which other wills are required to be executed for […]
§ 15-4-8. Rights of spouses in real estate. The rights of a spouse in the real estate of his or her spouse, as created by chapter 25 of title 33, shall not be impaired by the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 8; P.L. […]
§ 15-4-9. Trade or business — Partnership with husband. A married woman may carry on any trade or business as if she were single and unmarried; but her husband shall not be liable for her debts, contracts, or torts from that trade or business. A husband and wife may be partners in a trading or […]
