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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="4-203" title_number="4" title_name="Spouses" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Spouses' and Third Persons' Rights">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A married woman, as if she were unmarried:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>holds her property for her separate use; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may dispose of her property independently.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A married woman may appoint by deed or may petition an equity court to appoint a trustee to hold, use, or dispose of the property on behalf of the married woman.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court shall state in the appointment the powers of the trustee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
