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PART II. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

TITLE II. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS

CHAPTER 191. WILLS

Chapter 191: Section 17. Curtesy or dower; rights in lieu of taking under will

[ Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 10. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

  Section 17. A husband shall not be entitled to his curtesy in addition to the provisions of his wife's will, nor a widow to her dower in addition to the provisions of her husband's will, unless such plainly appears by the will to have been the intention of the testator.