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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72651</law_id><section_number>64.2-308.2</section_number><catch_line>Dower or curtesy abolished</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-209</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Wills and Decedents' Estates</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Rights of Married Persons</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Elective Share of Surviving Spouse of Decedent Dying on or After January 1, 2017</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>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 <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> or other interested third <span class="dictionary">party</span> in any real estate subject to a right of dower or curtesy.
		The rights of all such parties, and the procedures for enforcing such rights, shall continue to be governed by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> in force prior to January 1, 1991.</p></section></text><history>2016, cc. 187, 269.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
