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Delaware · Through 2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424) · Newer source version available

25 Del. C. § 736: Dower, curtesy or other estate in undivided shares of parties to partition proceedings.

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  1. Title 25. Property
  2. General Provisions
  3. CHAPTER 7. Joint Estates and Partition
  4. Subchapter II. Partition Proceedings

A sale of any lands, tenements and hereditaments, pursuant to the provisions of § 729 of this title, shall pass to the purchaser thereof a title, free and discharged from all claims by virtue of any estate or interest in dower or by the curtesy, or other estate, in any undivided share of any of the parties entitled if the person entitled to the interest at the filing of the petition for partition was a party to the proceeding. The Court may make all orders touching the investment and disposal of the proceeds of sale of any share of the premises sold which may be necessary to secure to a person having a right of dower or curtesy, or other estate, in such share, an equivalent interest in the proceeds of sale.

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