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Chapter 2.
Property Rights of Married Persons
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§ 55.1-200
How married persons may acquire and dispose of property
§ 55.1-201
Contracts of, and actions by and against, married persons
§ 55.1-202
Spouse not responsible for other spouse's contracts, etc.; mutual liability for necessaries; exception; responsibility of personal representative
§ 55.1-203
Spouse's right of entry into land not barred by certain judgments; when a spouse may defend his right in lands that are his inheritance
§ 55.1-204
Rights of spouse not affected by other spouse's acts only
§ 55.1-205
Conveyance from married persons; effect on right of either spouse
§ 55.1-206
How infant spouse may release interests in spouse's property
§ 55.1-207
Appointment of attorney-in-fact by married person; effect of writing executed by such attorney
§ 55.1-208
How estate of a married person to pass at death
§ 55.1-209
Equitable separate estates abolished
§ 55.1-210
Tangible personal property