Section 2. Property Rights of Married Women

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Property Rights of Married Women

Summary: Repeal

Election Date: November 3, 1998

Votes For Ratification: 315905

Votes Against Ratification: 132402

Percent for Ratification: 70%

Percent Against Ratification: 30%

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Amendment Source: 1998 HJR 8

Effective Date Source: Provo Daily Herald, Nov. 5, 1998, pg. 10

Property Rights of Married Women

Real and personal estate of every female, acquired before marriage, and all property to which she may afterwards become entitled by purchase, gift, grant, inheritance or devise, shall be and remain the estate and property of such female, and shall not be liable for the debts, obligations or engagements of her husband, and may be conveyed, devised or bequeathed by her as if she were unmarried.

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