Spousal Property Rights: Related Laws

Alaska

• Alaska Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 41 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights At Death
• Alaska Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 77 - Community Property Act

Arizona

• Arizona Laws > Title 25 > Chapter 2 - Husband and Wife, Property and Contract Rights

California

• California Constitution Article I § 21 - Property owned before marriage or acquired during marriage by gift, ...
• California Codes > Family Code > Division 4 > Part 2 - CHARACTERIZATION OF MARITAL PROPERTY
• California Codes > Family Code > Division 4 > Part 3 - LIABILITY OF MARITAL PROPERTY
• California Codes > Family Code > Division 4 > Part 4 - MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF MARITAL PROPERTY
• California Codes > Family Code > Division 7 - Division of Property

Delaware

• Delaware Code > Title 13 > Chapter 3 - Husband and Wife; Contracts and Property Rights

Florida

• Florida Statutes > Chapter 708 - Married Women's Property
• Florida Statutes > Chapter 732 > Part II - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse; Rights in Community Property

Guam

• Guam Code > Title 15 > Chapter 10 - Succession to Community Property
• Guam Code > Title 15 > Chapter 11 - Disposition of "Quasi-Community" Property
• Guam Code > Title 19 > Chapter 6 - Community Property

Hawaii

• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 510 - Community Property

Idaho

• Idaho Code > Title 15 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 - Succession of Quasi-Community Property — Elective Share of Surviving Spouse
• Idaho Code > Title 15 > Chapter 6 > Part 4 - Community Property Right of Survivorship
• Idaho Code > Title 32 > Chapter 9 - Husband and Wife — Separate and Community Property

Kansas

• Kansas Statutes > Chapter 23 > Article 26 - Marital Property Rights
• Kansas Statutes > Chapter 23 > Article 28 - Division of Property

Kentucky

• Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 392 - Dower and Curtesy
• Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 404 - Contracts and Separate Estate of Married Women

Louisiana

• Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2801 - Partition of community property and settlement of claims arising from matrimonial regimes and co-ownership of former community property
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2801.1 - Community property; allocation and assignment of ownership
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2801.2 - Community property; valuation of goodwill
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2802 - Rendition of judgment of partition; prerequisite
• Louisiana Codes > Civil Code > BOOK IV > Title III - Marital Property

Maryland

• Maryland Code > FAMILY LAW > Title 8 - Deeds, Agreements, and Settlements Between Spouses; Property Disposition in Divorce and Annulment

Michigan

• Michigan Laws > Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife
• Michigan Laws > Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower
• Michigan Laws 558.1 - Right of widow to dower
• Michigan Laws 558.2 - Dower in lands exchanged; election
• Michigan Laws 558.3 - Dower in mortgaged lands; mortgage before marriage

Minnesota

• Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 519A - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights At Death Act

Montana

• Montana Code > Title 72 > Chapter 9 - Disposition of Community Property Rights At Death

Nebraska

• Nebraska Statutes > Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act

Nevada

• Nevada Constitution Article 4 § 31
• Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 123 - Rights of Married Couples

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 460 - Husband and Wife

New Mexico

• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 40 > Article 3 - Property Rights
• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 40 > Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application
• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 40 > Article 3 - Enforcement
• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 40 > Article 3 - Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity

North Carolina

• North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 30 - Surviving Spouses
• North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 31C - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act

Ohio

• Ohio Code > Chapter 2106 - Rights of Surviving Spouses
• Ohio Code > Chapter 5305 - Dower

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights

South Carolina

• South Carolina Code > Title 20 > Chapter 5 - Property Rights of Married Women

Utah

• Utah Code > Title 30 > Chapter 2 - Property Rights
• Utah Code > Title 75 > Chapter 2b - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights At Death Act
• Utah Code > Title 81 > Chapter 3 - Rights and Obligations During Marriage

Vermont

• Vermont Statutes > Title 15 > Chapter 3 - Rights of Married Women

Virginia

• Virginia Code 64.2-300: Applicability; definitions.
• Virginia Code 64.2-301: Dower or curtesy abolished.
• Virginia Code 64.2-302: When and how elective share may be claimed by surviving spouse.
• Virginia Code 64.2-303: Extension of time until after determination of action for construction of will or extent of augmented estate.
• Virginia Code 64.2-304: Rights upon claiming an elective share.

Washington

• Washington Code > Chapter 11.07 - Nonprobate assets on dissolution or invalidation of marriage
• Washington Code > Chapter 26.16 - Rights and liabilities -- Community property

West Virginia

• West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 3 - Property, Rights and Liabilities of Married Women; Husband and Wife
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 7 - Equitable Distribution of Property
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 29 - Property, Rights and Liabilities of Married Women; Husband and Wife

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property