                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DOWER OR CURTESY ABOLISHED (§ 64.2-301)

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 or other
interested third party 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 laws in force prior to January 1, 1991.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 831, § 64.1-19.2; 2012, c. 614.