Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. A man cannot be prosecuted in New York for raping his own wife.
2. In New York, children seldom have the right to independent counsel in legal proceedings concerning their welfare.
3. A same-sex marriage performed in New York will be recognized in every state of the United States.
4. Before the Married Women’s Property Acts passed in New York in the first half of the nineteenth
century, married women were not allowed to own or inherit property in their own names.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE

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