TITLE XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

CHAPTER 460
HUSBAND AND WIFE

Property Rights and Liabilities

Section 460:2

    460:2 Wife's Contracts, etc. – 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.

Source. 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.