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  • SECTION 1002
    Action barred by assignment of dower
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    SECTION 1001

    Limitation of action for dower

    Real Property Actions & Proceedings (RPA) CHAPTER 81, ARTICLE 10

    § 1001. Limitation of action for dower. 1. An action for dower must be
    commenced by a widow within two years after the death of her husband, if
    the husband dies on or after April 6, 1954.

    2. If the husband died before April 6, 1954, an action for dower must
    be commenced by his widow within two years from April 6, 1954. If the
    widow had, on April 6, 1954, less than two years under existing law in
    which to bring an action for dower, the time so remaining is not
    enlarged by this section. Nothing herein contained shall revive a cause
    of action barred on April 6, 1954.