1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 40
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 2
  5. 40-2-202 Individual property of married person

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 2. HUSBAND AND WIFE

Part 2. Individual Property

Individual Property Of Married Person

40-2-202. Individual property of married person. All the property of a married person owned before marriage and that acquired afterwards is that person's individual property. The married person may, without consent, agreement, and signature of the person's spouse, convey and transfer the person's individual property, real or personal, including the fee simple title to real property, or execute a power of attorney for the conveyance and transfer of property.

History: En. Sec. 220, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3700, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5792, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 162; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 63, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5792, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 293, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 36-111; amd. Sec. 1566, Ch. 56, L. 2009.