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La. R.S. 9:101

Emancipation from all disabilities and incapacities; obligations

Known as the Women's Safety and Protection Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (31 sections).

PART II. MARRIED WOMEN

SUBPART A. EMANCIPATION AND POWERS

§101. Emancipation from all disabilities and incapacities; obligations

All married women, including non-residents so far as they are affected by the laws of this state, are fully emancipated from all the disabilities and relieved from all the incapacities to which, as such, they were formerly subject. They may make contracts of all kinds, and assume or stipulate for obligations of all kinds, in any form or manner now permitted, or which may hereafter be permitted, by law for any person, married or unmarried, of either sex, and in no case shall any act, contract, or obligation of a married woman require, for the validity or effectiveness thereof, the authority of her husband or of the judge.

Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.