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Code · Maryland · Family Law

§ 4-204

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§4–204.
A married woman may do any of the following, as if she were unmarried:
(1)engage in a business;
(2)make a contract with any person, including her husband, whether or not she is engaged in business;
(3)bind herself and her assigns by a covenant running with or related to real property or chattels real deeded to her on or after March 19, 1867;
(4)form a partnership with any person, including her husband;
(5)sue on any contract, including a contract made with her husband;
(6)sue for the recovery, security, or protection of her property;
(7)sue for any tort committed against her; and
(8)appoint counsel to represent her in an action brought under § 4–205(b) or
(c)of this subtitle or § 4–301(b) of this title.
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