Property: ownership interests; rights and liabilities of married women act; revise gender-specific language. Amends secs. 1, 4, 5, & 6 of 1981 PA 216 (MCL 557.21 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HJR F'25

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This bill updates a law about the property rights of married women, changing "husband" to "spouse" and clarifying language. It ensures that property a woman owns before marriage or acquires afterward remains hers, and she can manage it as if she were unmarried, without it being liable for her spouse's debts. The bill also specifies that a married woman can enter contracts, act as a surety, or pledge her separate property for another person's debt, and her spouse is not liable for these actions unless they co-signed.

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