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Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.30 (2026)

Wife's dower right; abolishment and enforcement; exceptions.

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Revised Statutes of 1846


R.S. of 1846


558.30 Wife's dower right; abolishment and enforcement; exceptions.

Sec. 30.

    (1) Notwithstanding sections 1 to 29, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a wife's dower right is abolished and unenforceable either through statute or at common law.

    (2) This section does not apply to either of the following:

    (a) A widow's dower elected by a woman whose husband died before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.

    (b) If a widow's husband died before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the widow's right to elect dower under section 2202 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.2202.

History: Add. 2016, Act 489, Eff. Apr. 6, 2017

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2018–2024 · leading case: Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Walter N Slan (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
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Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Walter N Slan (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 5× “MCL 558.30. This statute provides, notwithstanding MCL 558.”
In Re Burnett Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 3× “” MCL 558.30(1) abolished all dower rights.”
Mtglq Investors Lp v. M L Hargrow Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “The Hargrows sought leave to appeal to this Court and argued (1) that the trial court’s judicial foreclosure as to Mary was unnecessary and moot because MCL 558.30(1) abolished her dower right in the property after April 6, 2017, (2) that the strict foreclosure ordered by the…”
Detroit Land Bank Auth. v. 10043 Aurora Detroit Mi 48204 (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “See 2016 PA 489 ; MCL558.30; In re Estate of Burnett, 341 Mich App 613 , 617-618; 992 NW2d 325 (2022).”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.30(1) — 3 cases
Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Walter N Slan (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “MCL 558.30. This statute provides, notwithstanding MCL 558.”
Mtglq Investors Lp v. M L Hargrow Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “The Hargrows sought leave to appeal to this Court and argued (1) that the trial court’s judicial foreclosure as to Mary was unnecessary and moot because MCL 558.30(1) abolished her dower right in the property after April 6, 2017, (2) that the strict foreclosure ordered by the…”
In Re Burnett Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “” MCL 558.30(1) abolished all dower rights.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.30(2)(a) — 2 cases
In Re Burnett Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “” MCL 558.30(1) abolished all dower rights.”
Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Walter N Slan (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “MCL 558.30. This statute provides, notwithstanding MCL 558.”
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