In Nevada, all the property of a married woman at the marriage or after acquired by gift, bequest, devise, or descent, with its profits, is her separate property, which, with the exception of money, must be inventoried, acknowledged, and recorded from time to time as acquired, General Statutes of 1885, §§ 499-503. The husband has the control and absolute disposition of the community property, with certain exceptions, § 504. Curtesy and dower are abolished, § 505. She may, without the husband's consent, dispose of her property in any manner, § 507. Her earnings, as to his debts, and if living apart from her husband, those of herself and minor children, are her own absolutely, §§ 511, 512. If he allows her to use her earnings, it is a gift, and with the profits, they belong to her, § 513 Her separate property is alone liable for her debts, §§ 514, 515. They may contract with each other, as if unmarried, like persons occupying a confidential position towards each other, § 517. If the husband neglects to support her any one who supplies her in good faith may charge the husband, § 520. But not if she abandons him and does not offer to return, § 521. She must support the husband if not able to support himself, § 522. If living apart from him, she may sue and be sued alone, § 523. Marriage contracts must be acknowledged and recorded, §§ 526-528 She may dispose of her property by deed and by will, § 3001. She may, by leave of court, become a sole trader, and may sue and be sued in matters pertaining to the business, while the husband is not liable for her contracts unless made with his written assent. She is then liable for her children's maintenance, §§ 534-538. The statute of descents and distribution is similar to that of Montana, § 2981. An estate of homestead exempt from execution for debts other than mechanic's, laborer's, or vendor's liens and taxes, is allowed to the extent of $5,000, §§ 539-546.

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In New Hampshire, a married woman holds to her own use, free of her husband's control, all before or after acquired property, if not the result of a payment or pledge of his property, Public Statutes of 1891, c 176, § 1. While her husband is insane, during his abandonment of her without leaving a suitable maintenance, or when a cause of divorce exists by his act, she may hold and use the earnings of her minor children, and use such property as he may leave for the family maintenance, § 4. If of age, she may join her husband in any conveyance of real estate; and in release of dower, if not of full age, § 3. As to third persons, she has the same rights, may make contracts, and sue and be sued, as if unmarried, but no undertaking on her husband's behalf is binding except her release of dower and homestead in a mortgage, § 2. He is not liable for her antenuptial debts, § 13. A homestead to the value of $500 is exempt from execution, c 138, § 1. She may, if of full age, dispose of her property by will, c. 186, § 1. The husband is entitled to curtesy; and if she dies without issue intestate, or testate, with no provision for him in her will, or if he waives provision, to one third of her personal property; or if without issue, to one half of the same; but neither to curtesy nor share if he deserted her or failed to maintain her within three years of her death, c. 195, §§ 9, 10, 11, 12. If she dies with issue by him, the husband may waive provision for him in her will and release curtesy, and become entitled to one-third part of her real estate in fee; if without issue by him, to a life-interest in one third of her real estate; if without issue, to one half of her real estate in fee. Any antenuptial settlement in his favor bars his claims upon her estate, § 16. Mutual devises and bequests are in lieu of rights in each other's estate, unless otherwise expressed, § 17.

In New Jersey, the property of any woman married since July 4, 1852, at the marriage continues her separate property, as if unmarried, Revision of 1877, p. 636, § 1. All the property of any woman "now married " is her separate property, as if unmarried, except the liability for the husband's debts contracted before July 4, 1852, § 2. All the property and profits acquired by a married woman after July 4, 1852, in any way, is her sole property, as if unmarried, § 3. Her future earnings and their investments are to be her sole property as if unmarried, § 4. She may contract and enforce the same, as if unmarried, except as accommodation indorser, guarantor, or surety, or to answer for the debt or default of a third person, § 5. She is bound by the covenants in her deed of land, § 7. She may, without the concurrence of her husband, receive and receipt for property as if unmarried, § 8. She may, if of the age of twenty-one years, dispose of her property by will, as if unmarried, without impairing the husband's interest in her real property, § 9. She, and not the husband, is with her property liable, and may be sued, as if unmarried, for her ante and post nuptial debts, § 10. She may sue alone, touching her separate property, as if unmarried, § 11. She cannot convey her real estate without her husband, except when specially provided, nor impair his curtesy, nor can they contract with or sue each other, § 14. Her property is not subject to his disposal or debts, § 15. She may make deposits in a savings bank free of the husband's control, p. 1069, § 66. If living separate from her husband, she may, without his consent, sell and convey any contingent interest in any real property, other than what came from her husband, as if unmarried, Laws of 1880, c. 62, and if there has been no issue of such marriage she may convey any real property of which she was seized in fee by deed delivered to her before marriage, Laws of 1888, c. 205. And see Laws of 1889, c. 28. Any conveyance in pursuance of a power of attorney executed by a married woman with the husband is as effectual as if she were unmarried, Laws of 1882, c. 68.