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2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 404 CONTRACTS AND SEPARATE ESTATE OF MARRIED WOMEN
404.010 Effect of marriage on wife's property -- Separate estate -- Subjection of estate to debts.


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404.010 Effect of marriage on wife's property -- Separate estate -- Subjection of estate to debts. (1) (2) Marriage shall give to the husband, during the life of the wife, no estate or interest in the wife's property, real or personal, owned at the time or acquired after the marriage. During the existence of the marriage relationship the wife shall hold and own all her estate to her separate and exclusive use, and free from the debts, liabilities or control of her husband. A married woman's estate shall be liable for her debts and responsibilities contracted before marriage, and for such contracted after marriage, except as provided in this chapter and in KRS Chapter 392. Effective: July 13, 1984 History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 161, effective July 13, 1984. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 268, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1954. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2127.

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