Absent or incompetent spouse

§ 19–104. Absent or incompetent spouseThe spouse of a person who is insane, and has been so adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction and the adjudication remains in 79 Stat. 695force, or who has been absent or unheard of for seven years, may grant and convey by a separate deed, whether it is absolute or by way of lease or mortgage, as fully as if he were unmarried, any real property acquired by him since the adjudication or since the beginning of the absence.