New York Real Property Law Article 6 - DOWER AND CURTESY
- 189 - Estate of Curtesy Abolished.
The common law estate by the curtesy in the real property of a wife dying after the thirty-first day of August, nineteen hundred and thirty,...
- 190 - Dower.
When the parties intermarried prior to the first day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty, a widow shall be endowed of the third part of...
- 190-b - Lands Reacquired by the Husband.
Lands in which the husband did not have an estate of inheritance on September first, nineteen hundred thirty, and in which the wife did not...
- 191 - Dower in Lands Exchanged.
If a husband seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, exchanges them for other lands, his widow shall not have dower of both, but...
- 192 - Dower in Lands Mortgaged Before Marriage.
Where a person seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, executes a mortgage thereof, before marriage, his widow is, nevertheless, entitled to dower of...
- 193 - Dower in Lands Mortgaged for Purchase-Money.
Where a husband purchases lands during the marriage, and at the same time mortgages his estate in those lands to secure the payment of the...
- 194 - Surplus Proceeds of Sale Under Purchase-Money Mortgages.
Where, in a case specified in the last section, the mortgagee, or a person claiming under him, causes the land mortgaged to be sold, after...
- 195 - Widow of Mortgagee Not Endowed.
A widow shall not be endowed of the lands conveyed to her husband by way of mortgage, unless he acquires an absolute estate therein, during...
- 196 - When Dower Barred by Misconduct.
In case of a divorce, dissolving the marriage contract for the misconduct of the wife, she shall not be endowed.
- 196-a - When Dower Barred by Dissolution of Marriage.
In case of a dissolution of the marriage because of the absence of the wife for five successive years, as provided in section seven-a of...
- 197 - When Dower Barred by Jointure.
Where an estate in real property is conveyed to a person and his intended wife, or to the intended wife alone, or to a person...
- 198 - When Dower Barred by Pecuniary Provisions.
Any pecuniary provision, made for the benefit of an intended wife and in lieu of dower, if assented to by her as prescribed in the...
- 199 - When Widow to Elect Between Jointure and Dower.
If, before the marriage, but without her assent, or, if after the marriage, real property is given or assured for the jointure of a wife,...
- 200 - Election Between Devise and Dower.
If real property is devised to a woman, or a pecuniary or other provision is made for her by will in lieu of her dower,...
- 201 - When Deemed to Have Elected.
Where a woman is entitled to an election, as prescribed in either of the last two sections, she is deemed to have elected to take...
- 202 - When Provision in Lieu of Dower is Forfeited.
Every jointure, devise and pecuniary provision in lieu of dower is forfeited by the woman for whose benefit it is made in a case in...
- 203 - Effect of Acts of Husband.
An act, deed or conveyance, executed or performed by the husband without the assent of his wife, evidenced by her acknowledgment thereof, in the manner...
- 204 - Widow's Quarantine.
A widow may remain in the chief house of her husband forty days after his death, whether her dower is sooner assigned to her or...
- 205 - Widow May Bequeath a Crop.
A widow may bequeath a crop in the ground of land held by her in dower.
- 206 - Divorced Woman May Release Dower.
A woman who is divorced from her husband, whether such divorce be absolute or limited, or granted in his or her favor, by any court...
- 207 - Married Woman May Release Dower by Attorney.
A married woman of full age may release her inchoate right of dower in real property by attorney in fact in any case where she...
Last modified: February 3, 2019