§ 30-4-5 — Property of Wife Subject to Provisions of Chapter

Alabama § 30-4-5

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 30: Marital and Domestic Relations
• Ch. 4: Husband and Wife
• Art. 1: Property Rights; Tort and Contract Rights and Liabilities

Text

All property of the wife, whether acquired by descent or inheritance, or gift, devise or bequest, or by contract or conveyance, or by gift from or contract with the husband, is the separate property of the wife within the meaning of, and is subject to all the provisions of, this chapter, saving and excepting only such property as may be conveyed to an active trustee for her benefit.

Legislative History

(Code 1886, §2351; Code 1896, §2530; Code 1907, §4498; Code 1923, §8273; Code 1940, T. 34, §75.)