Petition for enjoyment of spouse's separate estate, when
If a married person owns real estate and their spouse treats them so badly that they have good reason to live apart, that person can go to court and ask to use and keep their own real estate just for themselves.
452.170. for enjoyment of spouse's , when. — If any married person shall hold in his or her own right, and his or her spouse, by toward him or her, or by ill usage, shall give him or her cause to live separate and apart from him or her, such person may petition the , setting forth such facts, and therein pray that such may be enjoyed by him or her for his or her .
(RSMo 1939 § 3386, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2999; 1919 § 7324; 1909 § 8305
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