§ 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 for her property taken for public use, and the proceeds of all such property, shall be and remain her sole and separate property free from control of her husband.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 15-4 - Married Women’s Rights
Section 15-4-1. - Ownership of separate property.
Section 15-4-2. - Receipt of property and release of debts by married woman.
Section 15-4-3. - Power to contract.
Section 15-4-4. - Conveyance of property to or from husband or other persons.
Section 15-4-5. - Acknowledgment of deeds and letters of attorney.
Section 15-4-6. - Release of interest.
Section 15-4-7. - Testamentary power.
Section 15-4-8. - Rights of spouses in real estate.
Section 15-4-9. - Trade or business — Partnership with husband.
Section 15-4-10. - Power to act as fiduciary.
Section 15-4-11. - Agent for husband — Husband as agent.
Section 15-4-12. - Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife.
Section 15-4-13. - Liability of property to attachment and levy — Liens.
Section 15-4-14. - Proceeding by or against married woman.
Section 15-4-15. - Effect of coverture on adverse possession cases.
Section 15-4-16. - Property of absent or imprisoned husband.