37:2-18.1 - Release of rights of curtesy or dower - New Jersey Statutes

37:2-18.1.  Release of rights of curtesy or dower
    A married man may relinquish or release to his wife his right of curtesy in  any real estate whereof his wife is seized of an estate of inheritance, and a  married woman may relinquish or release to her husband her right of dower in  any real estate whereof her husband is seized of an estate of inheritance, by  deed duly executed and acknowledged, in the manner provided by law for deeds to  be recorded, or by deed conveying such estate of inheritance in said real  estate by said husband to said wife or by said wife to said husband wherein  said husband's right of curtesy or said wife's right of dower is specifically  relinquished or released and thereafter said real estate may be conveyed,  encumbered, devised, or otherwise disposed of, and shall descend, free and  clear of any such right or estate of curtesy or dower, but said real estate may  descend to said husband or widow, as the case may be, in case of the death of  the wife or husband intestate, in accordance with law, notwithstanding such  relinquishment or release.

     L.1953, c. 352, p. 1924, s. 1.  Amended by L.1954, c. 21, p. 76, s. 1, eff. May 3, 1954.