Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This article reviews the historical transition of the legal status of farm wives, analyzes current laws affecting the respective ownership rights of husbands and wives to family farm assets, and discusses current federal farm programs as they relate to the treatment of husbands and wives. The author asserts that while the role of the farm wife has changed dramatically since pre-industrial times, her importance to farming has not. Finally, the author concludes that both husbands and wives are well advised to give careful consideration to their respective legal status and its potential interpretation by courts in their jurisdiction.
First Page
689
Last Page
732
Publication Date
7-1-1994
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Schneider, Susan A.
(1994)
"Who Owns the Family Farm? The Struggle to Determine the Property Rights of Farm Wives,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 14:
Iss.
3, Article 10.
Suggested Citation
Susan A. Schneider, Who Owns the Family Farm? The Struggle to Determine the Property Rights of Farm Wives, 14 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 689 (1994).
