If a person dies leaving a surviving spouse and a child or children, the surviving spouse shall be entitled, as part of dower or curtesy in his or her own right, to one-third (1/3) part of the personal estate whereof the deceased spouse died seized or possessed.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 28 - Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships
Subtitle 2 - Descent And Distribution
Chapter 11 - Dower And Curtesy
Subchapter 3 - Extent of Interest
§ 28-11-302. Lands exchanged — Election
§ 28-11-304. Sale of timber, oil, gas, or mineral leases