N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 918: Interlocutory judgment directing sale or exception of lien or dower interest

§ 918. Interlocutory judgment directing sale or exception of lien or

dower interest. 1. An interlocutory judgment directing the sale of the

property may direct that the premises sold shall be free from the lien

of every debt of a decedent, from whom the plaintiff's title is derived,

or of a decedent who, if living, should be a party to the action, except

debts which were a lien upon the premises before the death of such

decedent.

2. Where a party has an existing right of dower in the entire property

directed to be sold, at the time when an interlocutory judgment for a

sale is rendered in an action for partition, the court shall determine

whether the interests of all the parties require that the right of dower

should be excepted from the sale or that it should be sold. If a sale of

the property, including the right of dower, is directed, the interest of

the party entitled to the right of dower shall pass thereby; and the

purchaser, his heirs and assigns, shall hold the property free and

discharged from any claim by virtue of that right.