In South Carolina, a married woman's property, at the marriage or after acquired in any way, is her separate property free of her husband's debts, General Statutes of 1882, § 2035. Acts of 1887, p. 819. She may devise, bequeath, or convey it as if unmarried; if she dies intestate, with issue, the husband takes one-third of her estate; if without issue, one half; if without issue, parents, brothers, sisters, or issue, or lineal ancestor, two-thirds; if without issue or kindred, the whole of her estate; and she may execute all legal instruments as if unmarried, §§ 2036, 1845. Acts of 1885, p. 45. She can purchase, take conveyances, and contract with reference to her property, as if unmarried, and her husband is not liable for her debts except when contracted for her necessary support, § 2037. She may sue and be sued alone touching her separate property, or when the action is between her husband and herself, judgment to be enforced as if she were unmarried, Code of 1882, § 135. She may check out bank deposits in her name. Acts of 1889, p. 316.

In Tennessee, life insurance, effected by a married woman upon her husband's life, inures to her benefit and that of her children free of his debts, Code of 1884, § 3336. The proceeds of her property cannot be paid to any person except by her consent on privy examination, or by their joint deed or power of attorney, § 3340. She may dispose of her separate estate by will, § 3009. If deserted by him, or leaving him for ill-treatment, after-acquired property by her is free of his debts or disposal during the separation, § 3344. If of the age of twenty-one years, she may dispose of her interest in real estate by will, deed, or otherwise, as if unmarried. She may dispose of her real estate in any manner without his consent or concurrence after privy examination thereto before the proper official. Unless in case of a settled estate upon her, the power is withheld. Her property is liable for debts for necessaries for herself and children, as if she were unmarried. Her property must be scheduled and registered, §§ 3345-3351. Her separate property is not liable for her husband's antenuptial debts, § 3341. The husband is not liable for her antenuptial debts, but her separate property is so liable, § 3342. Her property is not subject to her husband's debts or contracts except by her consent in writing, § 3343.

In Texas, all a married woman's property before marriage and acquired after by gift, devise, or descent, and the increase of land acquired, is her separate property, but is under the husband's sole management, Sayles' Civil Statutes of 1889, Art. 416

2S51. All her other after-acquired property is common, and may be disposed of by the husband alone, Art. 2S52. At the dissolution of the marriage all their effects are regarded as common, unless proved otherwise, Art. 2853. She may contract debts for family necessaries and for the benefit of her separate property, for which they may be jointly sued, Arts. 1205, 2854; and execution levied on her separate or the common property at the discretion of the plaintiff, Art. 2855. If the husband fails to support her or to educate the children from the proceeds of her property, she may, by decree of court, have so much as may be accessary, Art. 285G. If the husband fails to sue alone or jointly with her for her property, she may, by leave of court, sue for it alone, Art. 1201. She may dispose of her property by will, Art. 4857. If husband or wife die intestate with issue, the survivor is entitled to one third of the personal estate, and an estate for life in one third of her land; if without issue, to the whole of the personal estate and one half of the land absolutely; if without issue, or parents, brothers, or sisters or issue, to the whole of her property, Art. 1646. A homestead of two hundred acres without, or lots up to $5,000 within, a town or city, are exempt from a forced sale, Art. 2336.

In Utah, a married woman's property at the marriage and afterwards acquired by gift, devise, or descent, and its income, is her separate property, and may be managed and disposed of as if unmarried, Compiled Laws of 1888, § 2528. She may sue and be sued, § 2529. She may dispose of all her estate by will, § 2649.

In Vermont, a married woman may contract, except with her husband, and sue and be sued in all matters connected therewith, as if unmarried, and execution issue against her separate estate, but she may not convey Or mortgage her real estate without a deed in which her husband joins. Nor can she become surety for her husband except by way of mortgage. Revised Laws of 1880, § 2321. Acts of 1884, No. 140, § 1. Personalty is held to her sole use, § 2322. Acts of 1884, No. 140, § 2. The annual products of her realty, the proceeds of its sale, and her husband's interest therein are free of his debts, except that such annual products are liable for family necessaries and for labor and materials on her real estate after November 20, 1861. Her husband, without her joinder, cannot dispose of such annual products or his interest, § 2325. When her realty is taken for a public use, the compensation may be so invested as to yield the same benefit that such uudamaged realty would have afforded, §2326. If deserted or unprovided for, she may contract for and be entitled to the earnings of herself and minor children; may, by leave of court, hold and dispose of property, contract, and sue and be sued in her own name, but he will not be liable on such contracts, or rights vested, prior to January 1, 1871; she may also sell her realty and undisposed-of personalty coming to him through her, and receive personalty due him, all the proceeds of which she may use, during his absence, for the family support, §§ 2327-2330. If forced to live apart from him by his ill-treatment, she may, by leave of court, have the sole benefit of her real estate, §§ 2331-2333. While he is in State prison, she may do business, sue and be sued, and have the same privileges as when deserted, § 2334. She may insure his life up to $300 premium free of his debts, § 2340. She may dispose of her property by will, § 2039. If she dies intestate and without issue, the husband, if he does not elect to take curtesy, takes all her property if not over S2,000; if more than that, he takes $2,000 and half of the remainder; if without issue or kindred, he takes the whole, § 2230. Her earnings deposited in a savings bank are exempt from trustee process. § 3577. The husband is not liable for the wife's antenuptial debts nor for her torts unless he directed them, Acts of 1884, No. 140, § 3.