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Michigan Compiled Laws - Estates In Dower

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Right Of Widow To Dower - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.1
The widow of every deceased person, shall be entitled to dower, or the use during her natural life, of 1/3 part of all the ...

Dower In Lands Exchanged; Election - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.2
If a husband seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, exchange them for other lands, his widow shall not have dower of both, ...

Dower In Mortgaged Lands; Mortgage Before Marriage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.3
When a person seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, shall have executed a mortgage of such estate before marriage, his widow shall ...

Dower In Mortgaged Lands; Purchase Money Mortgage Given After Marriage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.4
When a husband shall purchase lands during coverture, and shall at the same time mortgage his estate in such lands to secure the payment ...

Dower In Surplus Of Proceeds From Foreclosure Of Mortgage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.5
Where in either of the cases mentioned in the 2 last preceding sections, or in case of a mortgage in which she shall have ...

Dower In Lands Released By Payment Of Mortgage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.6
If, in either of the cases above specified, the heir or other person claiming under the husband, shall pay and satisfy the mortgage, the ...

Dower In Aliened Lands; Estimation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.7
When a widow shall be entitled to dower out of any lands which shall have been aliened by the husband in his lifetime, and ...

Alternative Dower Rights Before Assignment; Occupation, Profits And Rents Receipts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.12
When a widow is entitled to dower in the lands of which her husband died seized, she may continue to occupy the same with ...

Barring Of Dower; Joining In Conveyance, Release - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.13
A married woman residing within this state may bar her right of dower in any estate conveyed by her husband or by his guardian, ...

Barring Of Dower; Jointure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.14
A woman may also be barred of her dower in all the lands of her husband by a jointure settled on her with her ...

Barring Of Dower; Expression Of Assent To Jointure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.15
Such assent shall be expressed, if the woman be of full age, by her becoming a party to the conveyance by which it is ...

Barring Of Dower; Antenuptial Pecuniary Provisions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.16
Any pecuniary provision that shall be made for the benefit of an intended wife, and in lieu of dower, shall, if assented to as ...

Renewal Of Dower - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.20
If a woman is lawfully evicted of lands assigned to her as dower, or settled upon her as jointure or is deprived of the ...

Dower Right Of Aliens And Nonresidents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.21
A woman being an alien, shall not on that account be barred of her dower, and any woman residing out of the state, shall ...

Waste Liability; Maintenance Of Tenements And Appurtenances - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.22
No woman, who shall be endowed of any lands, shall commit or suffer any waste on the same, but every woman so endowed shall ...

Damages Upon Recovery Of Dower; Widow's Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.24
Whenever in any action brought for the purpose, a widow shall recover her dower in lands of which her husband shall have died seized, ...

Damages Upon Recovery Of Dower; Measure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.25
Such damages shall be 1/3 part of the annual value of the mesne profits of the lands in which she shall so recover her ...

Damages Upon Recovery Of Dower; Use Of Added Improvements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.26
Such damages shall not be estimated for the use of any permanent improvements made after the death of her husband by his heirs, or ...

Damages Upon Recovery Of Dower; Against Heir Alienating Land - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.27
When a widow shall recover her dower in any lands alienated by the heir of her husband, she shall be entitled to recover of ...

Assignment Of Dower; Effect Of Acceptance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.28
When the widow shall have accepted an assignment of dower, in satisfaction of her claim upon all the lands of her husband, it shall ...

Collusive Recovery By Widow; Effect On Rights Of Infants Or Others Entitled To Land - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.29
When a widow not having right to dower, shall during the infancy of the heirs of the husband, or any of them, or of ...

Dower Claimed By Two Or More Widows; Liability Of Land To Claims After Discharge Of Dower - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.52
Where dower in any lands may be claimed by 2 or more widows, the 1 whose husband was first seized therein, shall be first ...

Claim Of Dower; Filing, Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.81
All persons having or claiming dower, whether inchoate or consummate, in lands conveyed, or otherwise disposed of, more than 25 years prior to the ...

Claim Of Dower; Effect Of Failure To File - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.82
Any person having or claiming dower whether inchoate or consummate, in lands conveyed, or otherwise disposed of, as mentioned in section 1 of this ...

Claim Of Dower; Filing, Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.91
All persons having or claiming dower, whether inchoate or consummate, in lands heretofore or hereafter conveyed, or otherwise disposed of, by the person who ...

Claim Of Dower; Effect Of Failure To File - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 558.92
Any person having or claiming dower whether inchoate or consummate, in lands heretofore or hereafter conveyed, or otherwise disposed of, as mentioned in section ...

Last modified: January 1, 2008