How married women may acquire and dispose of property (§ 55-35)—Virginia Decoded

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 use, control and disposition shall apply to all property of a married woman which has been acquired by her since April 4, 1877, or shall be hereafter acquired. Her husband’s marital rights shall not entitle him to the possession or use, or to the rents, issues and profits, of such real estate during the coverture; nor shall the property of the wife be subject to the debts or liabilities of the husband.

History

Code 1919, § 5134; 1932, p. 21; 1990, c. 831.

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Court Decisions

Howell v. United States (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/24/49)
. . . trial was had. United States v. Mayer, 235 U.S. 55, 35 S.Ct. 16, 59 L.Ed. 129; Horne v. United . . .

Vasilion v. Vasilion (SCV, 09/05/51)
. . . Virginia Married Women's Property Act, section 55-35, et seq., of the Code of 1950, on the . . .

Johnny Wayne Gurley v. Superior Court of Mecklenburg County (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/27/69)
. . . L.Ed. 268 (1942); United States v. Mayer, 235 U.S. 55, 35 S.Ct. 16, 59 L.Ed. 129 (1914) . . .

Vigilant Ins. Co. v. Bennett (SCV, 09/14/55)
. . . damages, contending that by Code 1950, sections 55-35, 55-36 and 55-37, the common law rule that one . . .

Childress v. Fidelity, Etc., Co. (SCV, 09/10/52)
. . . 1899-1900, ch. 1139, p. 1240, (as amended, section 55-35, et seq., Code of 1950) was . . .

Stewart v. Com. (SCV, 03/02/79)
. . . Married Woman's Act, is now codified as Code §§ 55-35, et seq.;[1] it was amended by Acts . . .

. . . United States v. Brian Ashley Martin, United States of . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/25/94)
. . . Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) purchased 55.35 grams of cocaine base (crack) from Martin in . . .

Roberts v. United States (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 11/21/46)
. . . Parker, citing United States v. Mayer, 235 U.S. 55, 35 S.Ct. 16, 59 L.Ed. 129, and speaking for our . . .

Goins v. Com. (SCV, 04/19/96)
. . . a search of his bags and clothing, Riani found 55.35 grams of crack cocaine in a bag inside . . .

. . . Kurt J. Lindner, Edith Lindner St. Joseph Hospital of . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/06/85)
. . . as a matter of law." N.C.Gen.Stat. Sec. 55-35 (1982). The district court likewise instructed . . .

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