The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-16

paper read by Mrs Jssss brooks y,
fore the Pheasant Gap Home MAKER y
The rights Of married women y
Missouri are as great with but few
exceptions as tti1,usu Of the men
The law endows the wife with 81
her husband 4 goods and chattels
a dover interest in his personal
and real property. She owes te
her husband her society and ser
vices in the home, but her earn
ings from all other work belong
to her individually. It is the duty
of the husband to cherish and
comfort his wife and furnish her
reasonable support. If he deserts
her without due cause the law
will compel him to provide for her
and the childrens support. # he
fails to support her a wife may
order him to court and may sell
her own real estate without his
signature to the deed. Or the
court may order any person or
bank holding money for the hus-
band to pay it, for her support and
that of the children.
II the husband is cruel and the
wife is compelled to live apart
from him, she, by order OF the
court may have her own real es-
tate set apart for her separate use,
and also have an ordinance for
maintenance by the husband.
A married woman is at all times
entitled to her own earnings; to
rents and profits from her own
real estate; and these are exempt
from attachment for the individ-
ual debts Of the husband. But her
products or property may be at
tached for any liabilities created
for .necessaries for the wife and
family and also for labor and ma
terials furnished on her property
or to carry out her contracts.
The law protects the wife COM
pletely in acquiring and keeping
her own property Of every kind,
and also enables her to enjoy and
claim the rights of homestead and
exemption in the husbands prop
erty except where the husband
has claimed such rights. She can
make contracts of all kinds indi-
and they can be enforced
against her and her property. The
husband can not convert his
wife's personal property to his
own use without her full and writ
ten consent. The title to money
or other personal property Of a
woman is not transferred
to the husband by use, possession
or care thereof.
A man cannot sell his own lands
without the wife signs the deed,
and vice versa.
Dover is the onc-third interest
of either husband or wife in the
others property but is not vested
in either until the death of the
other.
When real estate is decided to
husband and wife as such, on the
death of either the survivor be-
comes the sole owner of the prop
erty. When the husband dies the
widow may act as administrators
if she so desires. She is given
many rights in his estate. If the
estate is small she gets all of 1t.
She is given absolute ownership
Of books, clothing, provisions,
furniture and the right to the
home and $500 worth Of other
personal property. If there is no
will, the husbands property des-
cends to his heirs, subject to the
widows dover. Where there are
children the widow may elect to a
child's share, absolutely in the
real estate, instead of her dover
and homestead and she may also
take child's share in the person
al property, subject to the pay
ment of her husbands debts. If
the husband dies childless, his
widow is entitled to one-half OF
the real and personal property,
subject to the payment of the hus-
bands debts, or she may take all
the personal and real property
belonging to her at the time of
their marriage. Where real es-
tate is given the widow by the
husbands will, such devise takes
the place Of dover, but the widow
may take the dover instead if
she so desires. If the husband
dies without will his debts must
first be paid, then comes the Wild
ow's dover and then the chill
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