37:2-18.1 - Release of rights of curtesy or dower
37:2-18.1. Release of rights of curtesy or dower
A married man may relinquish or release to his wife his right of curtesy in any real estate whereof his wife is seized of an estate of inheritance, and a married woman may relinquish or release to her husband her right of dower in any real estate whereof her husband is seized of an estate of inheritance, by deed duly executed and acknowledged, in the manner provided by law for deeds to be recorded, or by deed conveying such estate of inheritance in said real estate by said husband to said wife or by said wife to said husband wherein said husband's right of curtesy or said wife's right of dower is specifically relinquished or released and thereafter said real estate may be conveyed, encumbered, devised, or otherwise disposed of, and shall descend, free and clear of any such right or estate of curtesy or dower, but said real estate may descend to said husband or widow, as the case may be, in case of the death of the wife or husband intestate, in accordance with law, notwithstanding such relinquishment or release.
L.1953, c. 352, p. 1924, s. 1. Amended by L.1954, c. 21, p. 76, s. 1, eff. May 3, 1954.