If the land assigned and laid off to any surviving spouse is deforced from his or her possession, the surviving spouse shall have an action for the recovery of possession of the land, with double damages for the deforcement, or a surviving spouse may sue for the damages alone and recover double the actual damage sustained from time to time, until the surviving spouse is put in possession of the dower or curtesy held by the deforcer or detainer.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 28 - Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships
Subtitle 4 - Administration Of Decedents' Estates
Chapter 39 - Rights Of Surviving Family Members
Subchapter 3 - Assignment of Dower and Curtesy
§ 28-39-301. Assignment by heir — Acceptance
§ 28-39-302. Assignment by heir — Grant of severance rights required
§ 28-39-303. Proceedings for allotment
§ 28-39-304. Assignment by commissioners
§ 28-39-305. Rental of indivisible property
§ 28-39-306. Sale of property indivisible without prejudice
§ 28-39-307. Rights of surviving spouse when dower or curtesy land alienated by heir
§ 28-39-308. Surviving spouse's bequest of growing crop
§ 28-39-309. Recovery of dower or curtesy lands taken from surviving spouse — Damages