New Hampshire § 460:2 Wife's Contracts, etc

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 460:2 — Wife's Contracts, etc

New Hampshire § 460:2

Title XLIIIDOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 460HUSBAND AND WIFE

SubdivisionProperty Rights and Liabilities

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 460:2 (2026).

Text

Every married woman shall have the same rights and remedies, and shall be subject to the same liabilities in relation to property held by her in her own right, as if she were unmarried, and may convey, make contracts, and sue and be sued, in all matters in law and equity, and upon any contract by her made, or for any wrong by her done, as if she were unmarried. No damages shall be allowed to either spouse in any action based on alienation of the affections of the other spouse.

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Every married woman shall have the same rights and remedies, and shall be subject to the same liabilities in relation to property held by her in her own right, as if she were unmarried, and may convey, make contracts, and sue and be sued, in all matters in law and equity, and upon any contract by her made, or for any wrong by her done, as if she were unmarried. No damages shall be allowed to either spouse in any action based on alienation of the affections of the other spouse.

Legislative History

1846, 327:4. CS 158:15. GS 164:13. 1869, 35:1. 1871, 27:2. 1876, 32:1. 1877, 22:1. GL 183:12. 1879, 57:27. PS 176:2. PL 288:2. 1939, 170:4. RL 340:2. 1949, 193:1. 1951, 78:1. RSA 460:2. 1981, 192:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1981.