Chapter 2: Property Rights of Married Persons

This chapter is comprised of the following sections:

§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&#8217;s contracts, etc.; mutual liability for necessaries; exception; responsibility of personal representative
§55.1-203 Spouse&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;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
