Code of Alabama
Article 1 - Property Rights; Tort and Contract Rights and Liabilities.
Section 30-4-16 - Married Men and Widowers 18 Years of Age and Over Relieved of Disabilities of Minority; Defenses and Remedies Not Affected by Section.

The marriage of any male person in this state who is under 19 and over 18 years of age, or the widowerhood of any male person in this state who is under 19 and over 18 years of age, or the arrival at the age of 18 years of any married male person or widower in this state, has the effect immediately to remove his or their disabilities of minority, and thereafter he has the same legal rights and abilities as married male persons or widowers over 19 years of age.
This section shall apply to a person who married before October 29, 1959, but shall not abrogate any defense or abridge any remedy available to him prior to October 29, 1959.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.

Chapter 4 - Husband and Wife.

Article 1 - Property Rights; Tort and Contract Rights and Liabilities.

Section 30-4-1 - Separate Property of Wife - Property Held Prior to Marriage or Acquired After Marriage.

Section 30-4-2 - Separate Property of Wife - Earnings of Wife.

Section 30-4-3 - Separate Property of Wife - Wearing Apparel of Wife.

Section 30-4-4 - Separate Property of Wife - Damages Recovered for Injuries to Person or Reputation.

Section 30-4-5 - Property of Wife Subject to Provisions of Chapter.

Section 30-4-6 - Husband Not Liable for Antenuptial Contracts and Torts of Wife.

Section 30-4-7 - Husband Not Liable for Postnuptial Contracts and Torts of Wife.

Section 30-4-8 - Capacity of Wife to Contract.

Section 30-4-9 - Capacity of Husband and Wife to Contract With Each Other.

Section 30-4-10 - Assignment of Insurance Policy Designating Wife as Beneficiary as Security for Indebtedness Exempted From Prohibition Against Contracts of Suretyship by Wife.

Section 30-4-11 - Wife to Sue and Be Sued Alone Upon Contracts, Torts, Etc.

Section 30-4-12 - Alienation or Mortgage of Lands by Wife Without Assent and Concurrence of Husband; Lease of Lands and Tenements of Wife Without Assent and Concurrence of Husband.

Section 30-4-13 - Effect of Contracts of Nonresident Married Women as to Real or Personal Property Situated Within State.

Section 30-4-14 - Married Women May Dispose of Separate Estates by Will.

Section 30-4-15 - Married Women and Widows 18 Years of Age and Over Relieved of Disabilities of Minority.

Section 30-4-16 - Married Men and Widowers 18 Years of Age and Over Relieved of Disabilities of Minority; Defenses and Remedies Not Affected by Section.

Section 30-4-17 - Revocation of Certain Transferable Interests in Property Upon Divorce or Annulment.