Md. Code, Family Law § 4-204
This is the official text of Md. Code, Family Law § 4-204, part of Maryland’s Code, Family Law — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§4–204.
Official statutory text
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.
(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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