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Ark. Code Ann. § 28-11-203: Right of dower and curtesy barred
Where this section sits in the code
- AR Code
- Title 28
- Chapter 11
- Subchapter 2
(a) The inchoate right of dower or curtesy of any spouse in real property in the State of Arkansas is barred in all cases when or where the other spouse has been barred of title or of any interest in the property for seven (7) years or more and also in real property or interest conveyed by the husband or wife but not signed by the other spouse when the conveyance is made or has been made for a period of seven (7) years or more. (b) (1) This section shall affect the inchoate right of dower and curtesy of a spouse in real property in this state only where or when the husband or wife has been barred of title for seven (7) years or more, or when a conveyance by the husband or wife, without the signature of the other spouse, has been made for a period of seven (7) years or more. (2) However, this section shall not apply unless the instrument of conveyance by the husband or wife has been of record for at least seven (7) years. Acts 1935, No. 84, § 1; Pope's Dig., §§ 4414, 8919; Acts 1981, No. 714, § 38; A.S.A. 1947, § 61-226.
(a) The inchoate right of dower or curtesy of any spouse in real property in the State of Arkansas is barred in all cases when or where the other spouse has been barred of title or of any interest in the property for seven (7) years or more and also in real property or interest conveyed by the husband or wife but not signed by the other spouse when the conveyance is made or has been made for a period of seven (7) years or more.
(b) (1) This section shall affect the inchoate right of dower and curtesy of a spouse in real property in this state only where or when the husband or wife has been barred of title for seven (7) years or more, or when a conveyance by the husband or wife, without the signature of the other spouse, has been made for a period of seven (7) years or more. (2) However, this section shall not apply unless the instrument of conveyance by the husband or wife has been of record for at least seven (7) years.
(1) This section shall affect the inchoate right of dower and curtesy of a spouse in real property in this state only where or when the husband or wife has been barred of title for seven (7) years or more, or when a conveyance by the husband or wife, without the signature of the other spouse, has been made for a period of seven (7) years or more.
(2) However, this section shall not apply unless the instrument of conveyance by the husband or wife has been of record for at least seven (7) years.
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