37:2-24 - Husband legally separated from wife; power to convey, mortgage, lease or devise real property
37:2-24. Husband legally separated from wife; power to convey, mortgage, lease or devise real property
Any married man who is living in a state of separation from his wife under and by virtue of the final judgment of any court, when such judgment is founded upon his 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 he may have in any real property, except such as came to him by gift through or from his said wife, in the same manner, and with like effect as if he were sole and unmarried.
Amended by L.1953, c. 34, p. 605, s. 13, eff. March 19, 1953.