37:2-1 - Married woman as executrix, administratrix, guardian or trustee; sales and conveyances of real estate as such - New Jersey Statutes

37:2-1.  Married woman as executrix, administratrix, guardian or trustee; sales and conveyances of real estate as such
    A married woman may be an executrix, administratrix, guardian or trustee, as  if she were a feme sole.  If a woman shall marry after her appointment as executrix, administratrix, guardian or trustee, her authority as such fiduciary  shall not be extinguished or affected by such marriage, but shall continue as  if she were a feme sole.

    Any married woman, having power to sell, or having title to real estate as executrix, administratrix, trustee or guardian, either alone or in conjunction with any other person or persons, under any will or other instrument or appointment whatsoever, or acquiring title to real estate as such executrix, administratrix, trustee or guardian under authority of law, may sign, seal, execute, acknowledge and deliver all deeds and conveyances of such real estate,  without any order of court and without joining her husband therein, in the same  manner as if she were a feme sole, and such deeds and conveyances shall vest in  the purchaser of such real estate as good and valid a title thereto as if such  executrix, administratrix, trustee or guardian were a feme sole.

    The proceeds of any sale by a married woman as executrix or administratrix,  guardian or trustee pursuant to the authority conferred by this section shall,  by her, be accounted for and paid over as other moneys belonging to the estate  in her hands.