Extra-dotal property

In Louisiana law, extra-dotal property is that property which forms no part of the dowry of a woman (which would mean that her husband has certain rights to it^[1]), but is hers alone.^[2][3] It is also called "paraphernal property",^[4][5] from the Greek for "beyond the dowry", which gives us the word "paraphernalia".^[6]

The United States Supreme Court determined the extent and effect of extradotal law on the rights of married women in Louisiana in the case of Fleitas v. Richardson.