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Married In Kentucky: A Surviving Spouse's Dower Right In Personalty, Elizabeth S. Muyskens Jan 2007

Married In Kentucky: A Surviving Spouse's Dower Right In Personalty, Elizabeth S. Muyskens

Kentucky Law Journal

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Inchoate Dower--An Idea Whose Time Is Past, Joseph H. Vahlsing, William E. Hudson Jan 1972

Inchoate Dower--An Idea Whose Time Is Past, Joseph H. Vahlsing, William E. Hudson

Kentucky Law Journal

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A Widow's Dower Rights--Kentucky Dower Rights; On Intestacy Or Upon Renunciation Of Her Husband's Will, Nelson E. Shafer Jan 1958

A Widow's Dower Rights--Kentucky Dower Rights; On Intestacy Or Upon Renunciation Of Her Husband's Will, Nelson E. Shafer

Kentucky Law Journal

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Taxation - Federal Estate Tax - Claims Arising Out Of An Antenuptial Agreement As Deductions From Gross Estate, Charles E. Nadeau Jun 1938

Taxation - Federal Estate Tax - Claims Arising Out Of An Antenuptial Agreement As Deductions From Gross Estate, Charles E. Nadeau

Michigan Law Review

An antenuptial agreement provided that in the event the wife survived her husband she would receive $50,000 in lieu of her dower rights. After his death the executors paid this sum, and then sought to deduct it from the gross estate as a claim against the estate. In affirming the Board of Tax Appeals the court held that marriage and relinquishment of dower were not "an adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth" and hence the claims were not deductible under the Revenue Act of 1926. Empire Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, (C. C. A. …


Effect Of Foreign Divorce Upon Dower And Similar Property Interests, Fowler Vincent Harper Jan 1931

Effect Of Foreign Divorce Upon Dower And Similar Property Interests, Fowler Vincent Harper

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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