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Or. Rev. Stat. § 112.685 (2026)

Dower and curtesy abolished

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      112.685 Dower and curtesy abolished. Dower and curtesy, including inchoate dower and curtesy, are abolished. [1969 c.591 §78; 2015 c.387 §34]

 

      112.695 [Formerly 113.090; repealed by 2015 c.387 §1]

 

UNIFORM DISPOSITION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY RIGHTS AT DEATH ACT

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Cited in 2 cases, 1972–1973 · leading case: Barber v. Dep't of Revenue, 5 Or. Tax 342 (Or. T.C. 1973).
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Barber v. Dep't of Revenue, 5 Or. Tax 342 (Or. T.C. 1973). “Barber did not have even a dower right in the property prior to her husband’s death (see ORS 112.685 and 114.005). If she had been a “duly authorized agent” of Mr.”
Ferguson v. Vance, 503 P.2d 706 (Or. 1972). · cites it 2× “250 was repealed by the 1969 Legislature, effective July 1, 1970, ORS 112.685, enacted that same year, provides: “Dower and curtesy, including inchoate dower and curtesy, are abolished, but any right to or estate of dower or curtesy of the surviving spouse of any person who died…”
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