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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19, § 161 (2026)

Holding and disposing of property

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 701, §8 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 540, §25 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 694, §B1 (RP). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1967–1993 · leading case: Mellott Ex Rel. Mellott v. Sullivan Ford Sales, 236 A.2d 68 (Me. 1967).
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Mellott Ex Rel. Mellott v. Sullivan Ford Sales, 236 A.2d 68 (Me. 1967). · cites it 21× “61, § 1, was changed by amending the words "A married woman of any age may own in her own right real and personal estate acquired by descent, gift or purchase; and may manage, sell, convey and devise the same by will * * *" to read "A married person, widow or widower, of any…”
Henriksen v. Cameron, 622 A.2d 1135 (Me. 1993). · cites it 2× “See 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 161 to 167-A. [2] It is against this background of almost two centuries of extensive and comprehensive legislation and our application of that legislation that the issues presented by the record in the present case must be determined.”
Bayside Enter., Inc. v. Maine Agric. Bargaining Bd., 513 A.2d 1355 (Me. 1986). “See 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 161, 162 (1981). However, Bayside failed to raise this issue seasonably either before the Board or in Superior Court.”
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