property of a man at rema sex his death, than the man has in rema sex hers, should she
predecease him; and universally she is given a share of the husband's
property in case of divorce, either outright or by way of alimony,
which, so far as I know, is never awarded to the man even if he be rema sex the
innocent party. In New Jersey and some other States, a married woman
is rema sex not permitted to guarantee or endorse
the rema sex notes or debts rema sex of
her husband. Many of rema sex the Southwestern States, from Louisiana to
California, recognize or adopt the French idea of community property.
By the Mississippi constitution "the legislature shall never create by
law any distinction between the rights of men and women to acquire,
own, enjoy, and dispose of property of all kinds, or rema sex other power
of contract in reference thereto." But this does rema sex not prevent laws
regulating contracts between husband and wife.
In matters of divorce and personal relation, such as the guardianship
of children, the tendency has also been to put women on an rema sex equality
with men and more so. That is rema sex to say, divorces are awarded women rema sex which
rema sex for similar reasons would not be awarded men, both by statute and by
usual court decision,
and although a very few States, such as recently
developed in the conservative State of South Carolina, retain rema sex the
common-law idea that the father must be the head of the family, many
States provide that the rights of the parents to the custody and
education of their children shall be equal. In other words they