In Iowa, a married woman may convey and contract about her real estate like other persons, Revised Code of 1888, Tit. 13, c. 5, § 1935. The conveyance of husband and wife together passes all the estate of either, unless the contrary appears; but in such a conveyance of her property, he is not bound by the covenants unless so expressed, §§ 193(5, 1937. A married woman may own property acquired by descent, gift, or purchase, and dispose of the same and devise it by will, precisely as the husband, Tit. 15, c. 2, § 2202. The property of neither is liable for the debts of the other, § 2203. If the husband gains possession of her property before or after marriage she may sue for or about it as if unmarried, §2204. Her conveyance, transfer, or lieu to the husband is as valid as between other persons, § 2206. If the husband or wife abandons the other, and is absent from the State for a year, or imprisoned, the other, by leave of court, may use his or her property to support the family or pay debts; and all acts so done bind both and the property of both, §§ 2207, 220S. The husband and wife may each appoint the other an attorney in fact, revocable at pleasure, to dispose of each other's property for the mutual benefit, § 2210. The wife may receive, hold, and sue for personal wages, and may sue and be sued touching her rights and property as if unmarried, § 2211. The husband and wife or their property or incomes are not liable for the other's antenuptial debts, nor for the other's separate debts, § 2212. She may contract and sue and be sued respecting the same as if unmarried, § 2213. The family expenses and children's education are chargeable upon the property of both or either, and joint or separate suit may be brought, § 2214. Neither husband nor wife can remove the other or the children from the homestead without mutual consent; and if he deserts her, she may have custody of minor children, unless the court directs otherwise, § 2215. The homestead, consisting of half an acre in a town plat, or four acres without, up to $500 in value, is exempt from judicial sale, except in certain cases, and the surviving husband or wife may continue to occupy, Tit. 13, c. 8, §§ 1988-2010. Dower and curtesy are abolished, Tit. 16, c. 4, § 2440.

In Kansas, all the property of a woman at the marriage, and its profits, and subsequently acquired by descent, devise, and bequest, or by gift other than from her husband, is her separate property, free from his disposal or debts, General Statutes, 1889, § 3752. A married woman may dispose of her property and contract about it the same as a married man with his own, § 3753. She may sue and be sued, as if unmarried, § 3754. She may trade or labor, and her profits and earnings are her own, and may be used and invested in her own name, § 3755. If married without the State, and the husband moves within, she continues to enjoy prior property rights, § 3756. Marriage contracts or settlements remain valid, § 3141. A homestead of one hundred and sixty acres without a town or city, or of one acre within, is exempt from forced sale, without their joint consent, except for taxes, purchase-money, and improvements, c. 38, § 2497.

In Kentucky, the husband has only the use of the before or after acquired property of the wife, with power to rent the realty for not more than three years, and to receive the rent. If she dies during such term, the rent goes to him, if living, subject to her debts; if he dies, to her or representatives, subject to his debts, General Statutes of 1887, p. 720, § 1. Such realty or rent is not liable for his, but is for her, ante and post nuptial debts, for her and family necessaries, including the husband's, procured by a writing signed by her, remedy for which may be against her alone, or both. His inchoate curtesy and right to use or rent her realty is free of his separate debts during her life, § 2. They may jointly convey her laud, § 3. The husband is not liable for her antenuptial debts, except to the value of what he may receive by her other than realty, but is liable for necessaries, § 4. If he deserts, does not suitably provide for her, or is in penitentiary for more than a year, she may, by leave of court, act as if unmarried, even to conveying her property, § 5. She may, by leave of court, do business as if unmarried, and dispose of her property and profits by will or deed, if no intent to defraud his creditors appears, §§ 6, 7. If her real estate is taken for a public use, the compensation may be appropriated by the court for her benefit, p. 726, § 9. A married woman whose husband resides without the State may acquire property, contract, and sue and be sued as if unmarried, but the husband on petition may be restored to his marital rights, § 10. So if her husband abandon her or become insane, p. 723, § 2. Her conveyance of her property may be by a joint or separate deed, but by the latter only when the husband first conveys. She must acknowledge the same apart from her husband, p. 317, §§ 20, 21. If shares of bank stock are taken for or transferred to a married woman for her use, the husband takes no interest or dividends. If she dies, it goes to her heirs; but she may dispose of it by will with his consent, or, if instrument creating the trust so provides, she may receive, but not anticipate, the dividends, p. 742, § 15. She may make deposits, and her checks or receipts are as valid as if she were unmarried, § 16. A separate or trust estate conveyed or devised to her may be sold and conveyed, if the instrument conveying or creating does not forbid, and the husband and trustee join, her interest in the proceeds remaining the same, § 17. A married woman's earnings are free of the debts or control of the husband, and may be paid to her directly, p. 720, § 1. She may by will dispose of an estate, secured to her separate use by deed or devise, or in the exercise of a written power to make a will, p. 832, § 4.