Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5305 - Dower

• Section 5305.01 - Assignment Of Dower.
  When the lands of a deceased person are not encumbered by mortgage, or by judgment obtained against such decedent during life, the heir, guardian...
• Section 5305.02 - Petition For Dower.
  A surviving spouse may file a petition for dower in the court of common pleas, against the heir, or other person having the next...
• Section 5305.03 - Encumbrances Presented.
  When the rights of a lessee or lienor are shown by cross-petition filed before judgment, such rights and liens shall be regarded by the...
• Section 5305.04 - Land Situated In Different Counties.
  When the lands in which dower is claimed lie in several counties, the petition for dower may be filed by the surviving spouse in...
• Section 5305.05 - Death Of Plaintiff Before Assignment.
  When a plaintiff in an action to assign dower dies before the assignment, or before entry of the final judgment, the action may be...
• Section 5305.06 - Appointment Of Commissioners To Assign Dower.
  When dower is adjudged, the court of common pleas shall appoint three judicious, disinterested men of the county in which the action to assign...
• Section 5305.07 - Proceedings Upon Return Of Assignment Of Dower.
  The commissioners provided for in section 5305.06 of the Revised Code and the sheriff shall obey the order to assign dower, and return their...
• Section 5305.08 - Assignment Of Dower When Estate Indivisible.
  When an estate of which a surviving spouse is dowable is entire, and no division of it can be made by metes and bounds,...
• Section 5305.09 - Timberlands Or Other Unimproved Lands Or Lots.
  When an estate of which a surviving spouse is dowable, or in which such spouse owns a dower interest assigned to or vested in...
• Section 5305.10 - Election By Owner Of Lands To Pay Value Of Dower.
  The person owning lands or lots mentioned in section 5305.09 of the Revised Code, at the time the order for the sale of such...
• Section 5305.11 - Dower During Pendency Of Petition.
  When the commissioners provided for in section 5305.06 of the Revised Code have set off and assigned dower, they shall make a true appraisement...
• Section 5305.12 - Exemptions In Estimating Yearly Value Of Dower.
  In making the appraisement of the yearly value of the real estate provided for in section 5305.11 of the Revised Code, the commissioners must...
• Section 5305.13 - Minor Heir Not To Be Prejudiced By Collusive Assignment Of Dower.
  During the minority of an heir, if dower is assigned to a surviving spouse not entitled thereto, or, if such dower was recovered by...
• Section 5305.14 - Costs.
  If the petition of a person claiming dower is contested, and the court of common pleas finds that such person is entitled to dower...
• Section 5305.15 - Surviving Spouse May Elect To Be Endowed Out Of Proceeds Of Sale.
  In actions for partition, when an estate cannot be divided, and is ordered to be sold, and in actions for the sale of real...
• Section 5305.16 - Election By Answer Is A Release Of Dower.
  The answer of a surviving spouse under section 5305.15 of the Revised Code has the same effect, in all respects, as a deed of...
• Section 5305.17 - Guardian May Elect For Surviving Spouse.
  As used in this section and sections 5305.18 to 5305.22 of the Revised Code, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired...
• Section 5305.18 - Petition To Discharge Land Of Dower Of Incompetent Person.
  A person owning real property in this state, encumbered by the contingent or vested right of dower of an incompetent person, may apply, by...
• Section 5305.19 - Inquest Of Competence.
  If the committee provided for in section 5305.18 of the Revised Code unanimously reports that the person having a contingent or vested right of...
• Section 5305.20 - Proceedings On Report Of Inquest Of Competence.
  When the report provided for in section 5305.19 of the Revised Code is filed, the court of common pleas may direct the petitioner, by...
• Section 5305.21 - Dower Of Incompetent Person May Be Barred.
  When the spouse of an incompetent person conveys real estate in this state, in which such person has a contingent or vested right of...
• Section 5305.22 - Real Estate May Be Conveyed Free From Dower If Spouse Incompetent.
  (A) Any real estate or interest in real estate coming to a person by purchase, inheritance, or otherwise, after the spouse of the person...

Last modified: October 10, 2016