Sec. 13.
A married woman residing within this state may bar her right of dower in any estate conveyed by her husband or by his guardian, if he be under guardianship, by joining in the deed of conveyance and acknowledging the same as prescribed in the preceding chapter, or by joining with her husband in a subsequent deed, acknowledged in like manner; or by deed executed by the wife alone to one who has theretofore acquired and then holds the husband's title, provided the intent to bar her right of dower shall be expressed in said deed.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- Am. 1849, Act 67, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1849 ;-- CL 1857, 2784 ;-- CL 1871, 4281 ;-- Am. 1877, Act 65, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5745 ;-- CL 1897, 8930 ;-- CL 1915, 11662 ;-- CL 1929, 13080 ;-- CL 1948, 558.13 Compiler's Notes: For provisions of the “preceding chapter” referred to in this section, see MCL 565.1 et seq.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30)
R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30)
Section 558.1 - Right of Widow to Dower.
Section 558.2 - Dower in Lands Exchanged; Election.
Section 558.3 - Dower in Mortgaged Lands; Mortgage Before Marriage.
Section 558.4 - Dower in Mortgaged Lands; Purchase Money Mortgage Given After Marriage.
Section 558.5 - Dower in Surplus of Proceeds From Foreclosure of Mortgage.
Section 558.6 - Dower in Lands Released by Payment of Mortgage.
Section 558.7 - Dower in Aliened Lands; Estimation.
Section 558.12 - Alternative Dower Rights Before Assignment; Occupation, Profits and Rents Receipts.
Section 558.13 - Barring of Dower; Joining in Conveyance, Release.
Section 558.14 - Barring of Dower; Jointure.
Section 558.15 - Barring of Dower; Expression of Assent to Jointure.
Section 558.16 - Barring of Dower; Antenuptial Pecuniary Provisions.
Section 558.20 - Renewal of Dower.
Section 558.21 - Dower Right of Aliens and Nonresidents.
Section 558.22 - Waste Liability; Maintenance of Tenements and Appurtenances.
Section 558.24 - Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Widow's Rights.
Section 558.25 - Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Measure.
Section 558.26 - Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Use of Added Improvements.
Section 558.27 - Damages Upon Recovery of Dower; Against Heir Alienating Land.
Section 558.28 - Assignment of Dower; Effect of Acceptance.
Section 558.30 - Wife's Dower Right; Abolishment and Enforcement; Exceptions.