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Ilsa

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9. Community property laws did alot to protect women's

Reply to Retrograde (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 12:04 AM

Jan 2025

ownership of real property, especially ranches and farms that had been passed down generations, IIRC. So much in fact that some states, like Texas, didn't have alimony until recently, just child support.

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