ยง 206. Divorced woman may release dower. A woman who is divorced from
her husband, whether such divorce be absolute or limited, or granted in
his or her favor, by any court of competent jurisdiction, may release to
him, by an instrument in writing, sufficient to pass title to real
estate, her inchoate right of dower in any specific real property
theretofore owned by him, or generally in all such real property, and
such as he shall thereafter acquire.
Structure New York Laws
189 - Estate of Curtesy Abolished.
190-B - Lands Reacquired by the Husband.
191 - Dower in Lands Exchanged.
192 - Dower in Lands Mortgaged Before Marriage.
193 - Dower in Lands Mortgaged for Purchase-Money.
194 - Surplus Proceeds of Sale Under Purchase-Money Mortgages.
195 - Widow of Mortgagee Not Endowed.
196 - When Dower Barred by Misconduct.
196-A - When Dower Barred by Dissolution of Marriage.
197 - When Dower Barred by Jointure.
198 - When Dower Barred by Pecuniary Provisions.
199 - When Widow to Elect Between Jointure and Dower.
200 - Election Between Devise and Dower.
201 - When Deemed to Have Elected.
202 - When Provision in Lieu of Dower Is Forfeited.
203 - Effect of Acts of Husband.
205 - Widow May Bequeath a Crop.