§ 558.30

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