37:2-23 - Married woman legally separated from husband; power to convey, mortgage, lease or devise real property
37:2-23. Married woman legally separated from husband; power to convey, mortgage, lease or devise real property
Any married woman who is living in a state of separation from her husband, under and by virtue of the final judgment of any court, when such judgment is founded upon her application for such separation, may, at any time during the continuance of such separation, convey, mortgage and lease or devise any interest, estate or right that she may have in any real property, except such as came to her by gift, through or from her said husband, in the same manner and with the like effect as if she were sole and unmarried.
Amended by L.1953, c. 34, p. 605, s. 12, eff. March 19, 1953.