Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Minnesota

Re: Selling

This question points up why it's not such a good idea to separate and then not complete a divorce. As soon as this guy buys the land, an interest belonging to his wife attaches to it. He can not sell it or give it away without her signature.

He can't have it both ways. If he's married, he's married.

One more editorial remark while I'm on this subject. As in this example, there are many respects in which married people actually have fewer legal rights than single people. I believe that the gay and lesbian communities have prospered in part because they have not had to deal with such problems. Why they now seem to be in such a hurry to become second class citizens in some respects is a bit beyond me. Perhaps they want the right to be just as miserable as the rest of us.