2019 Arkansas Code
Title 28 - Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships
Subtitle 2 - Descent and Distribution
Chapter 11 - Dower and Curtesy
Subchapter 4 - Provisions in Lieu of Dower or Curtesy
§ 28-11-404. Devise Deemed in Lieu of Dower or Curtesy

Universal Citation: AR Code § 28-11-404 (2019)

If any spouse shall devise and bequeath to the other spouse any portion of his or her real estate of which he or she died seized, it shall be deemed and taken in lieu of dower or curtesy, as the case may be, out of the estate of the deceased spouse, unless the testator shall, in his or her will, declare otherwise.

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