Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 9 - FAMILY LAW (§§ 9-2-101 — 9-34-204)
Subtitle 2 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 9-8-101 — 9)
Chapter 11 - MARRIAGE (§§ 9-11-101 — 9-11-811)
Subchapter 5 - RIGHTS AND PROPERTY OF MARRIED PERSONS (§§ 9-11-501 — 9-11-516)
Section 9-11-503 - Rights generally

Universal Citation:
AR Code § 9-11-503 (2023)
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  • (a) A married person may bargain, sell, assign, and transfer his or her separate personal property, carry on any trade or business, and perform any labor or services on his or her sole and separate account.
  • (b) The earnings of any married person from the trade, business, labor, or services shall be his or her sole and separate property and may be used or invested in the person's own name.
  • (c) He or she may sue alone or be sued in the courts of this state on account of the property, business, or services.

Acts 1873, No. 126, § 3, p. 382; C. & M. Dig., § 5581; Pope's Dig., § 7231; Acts 1981, No. 873, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 55-402


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