Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.1

Current through Public Act 171 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 558.1 - Right of widow to dower

The widow of every deceased person, shall be entitled to dower, or the use during her natural life, of 1/3 part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance, at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully barred thereof.

MCL 558.1

R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;--CL 1857, 2772 ;--CL 1871, 4269 ;--How. 5733 ;--CL 1897, 8918 ;--CL 1915, 11654 ;--CL 1929, 13072 ;--CL 1948, 558.1.