2025 Session
Last amended: 1985 session
§ 519.01 — Separate Legal Existence
Plain-Language Summary
Gives married women the same legal rights and court access as their husbands.
519.01 SEPARATE LEGAL EXISTENCE.
Women shall retain the same legal existence and legal personality after marriage as before, and every married woman shall receive the same protection of all her rights as a woman which her husband does as a man, including the right to appeal to the courts in her own name alone for protection or redress.
History:
(8616) RL s 3605; 1985 c 248 s 65
History: History: (8616) RL s 3605; 1985 c 248 s 65
Practical Notes
Marriage does not change a woman’s legal standing or right to seek court protection.