Section 558.29 – Collusive Recovery by Widow; Effect on Rights of Infants or Others Entitled to Land.
558.29 Collusive recovery by widow; effect on rights of infants or others entitled to land. Sec. 29. When a widow not having right to dower, shall during the infancy of the heirs of the husband, or any of them, or of any person entitled to the lands, recover dower by the default or collusion of […]
Section 558.30 – Wife’s Dower Right; Abolishment and Enforcement; Exceptions.
558.30 Wife’s dower right; abolishment and enforcement; exceptions. Sec. 30. (1) Notwithstanding sections 1 to 29, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a wife’s dower right is abolished and unenforceable either through statute or at common law. (2) This section does not apply to either of the following: (a) A widow’s dower elected […]
Section 558.27 – Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Against Heir Alienating Land.
558.27 Damages upon recovery of dower; against heir alienating land. Sec. 27. When a widow shall recover her dower in any lands alienated by the heir of her husband, she shall be entitled to recover of such heir, in an action on the case, her damages for withholding such dower, from the time of the […]
Section 558.28 – Assignment of Dower; Effect of Acceptance.
558.28 Assignment of dower; effect of acceptance. Sec. 28. When the widow shall have accepted an assignment of dower, in satisfaction of her claim upon all the lands of her husband, it shall be a bar to any further claim of dower against the heir of such husband, or any grantee of such heir, or […]
Section 558.15 – Barring of Dower; Expression of Assent to Jointure.
558.15 Barring of dower; expression of assent to jointure. Sec. 15. Such assent shall be expressed, if the woman be of full age, by her becoming a party to the conveyance by which it is settled, and if she be under age, by her joining with her father or guardian in such conveyance. History: R.S. […]
Section 558.16 – Barring of Dower; Antenuptial Pecuniary Provisions.
558.16 Barring of dower; antenuptial pecuniary provisions. Sec. 16. Any pecuniary provision that shall be made for the benefit of an intended wife, and in lieu of dower, shall, if assented to as provided in the preceding section, bar her right of dower in all the lands of her husband. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 […]
Section 558.20 – Renewal of Dower.
558.20 Renewal of dower. Sec. 20. If a woman is lawfully evicted of lands assigned to her as dower, or settled upon her as jointure or is deprived of the provision made for her by will or otherwise, in lieu of dower, she may be endowed anew, in like manner as if such assignment, jointure […]
Section 558.21 – Dower Right of Aliens and Nonresidents.
558.21 Dower right of aliens and nonresidents. Sec. 21. A woman being an alien, shall not on that account be barred of her dower, and any woman residing out of the state, shall be entitled to dower of the lands of her deceased husband, lying in this state, of which her husband died seized, and […]
Section 558.22 – Waste Liability; Maintenance of Tenements and Appurtenances.
558.22 Waste liability; maintenance of tenements and appurtenances. Sec. 22. No woman, who shall be endowed of any lands, shall commit or suffer any waste on the same, but every woman so endowed shall maintain the houses and tenements, with the fences and appurtenances in good repair, and shall be liable to the person having […]
Section 558.24 – Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Widow’s Rights.
558.24 Damages upon recovery of dower; widow’s rights. Sec. 24. Whenever in any action brought for the purpose, a widow shall recover her dower in lands of which her husband shall have died seized, she shall be entitled also to recover damages for the withholding of such dower. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;– CL […]