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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 187<\/a> and 269<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86281,"section_number":"55.1-209","catch_line":"Equitable separate estates abolished","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-209\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":273021,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72651,"identifier":"64.2-308.2","token":"64.2\/II\/3\/1.1\/64.2-308.2","url":"\/64.2-308.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-308.2\/","token":"64.2\/II\/3\/1.1\/64.2-308.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dower or curtesy abolished","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-308.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The interests of dower and curtesy are abolished. However, the abolition of dower and curtesy pursuant to this section shall not change or diminish the nature or right of (i) any dower or curtesy interest of a surviving spouse whose dower or curtesy vested prior to January 1, 1991, or (ii) a creditor<\/span> or other interested third party<\/span> in any real estate subject to a right of dower or curtesy.\n\t\tThe rights of all such parties, and the procedures for enforcing such rights, shall continue to be governed by the laws<\/span> in force prior to January 1, 1991.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDOWER OR CURTESY ABOLISHED (\u00a7 64.2-308.2)\n\nThe interests of dower and curtesy are abolished. However, the abolition of\ndower and curtesy pursuant to this section shall not change or diminish the\nnature or right of (i) any dower or curtesy interest of a surviving spouse whose\ndower or curtesy vested prior to January 1, 1991, or (ii) a creditor or other\ninterested third party in any real estate subject to a right of dower or\ncurtesy.\n\t\tThe rights of all such parties, and the procedures for enforcing such rights,\nshall continue to be governed by the laws in force prior to January 1, 1991.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, cc. 187, 269.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}