A few days ago Governor Snyder signed into law 21 Bills, including Senate Bills 588 and 560 that abolish a surviving wife’s dower right. The measures are now Public Acts 489 and 490 of 2016. This is good news since dower right is a relic of the past, sometimes referred to as an “inchoateContinue reading “Real Estate Law Update: Recently Enacted Michigan Legislation Abolishes Dower Right.”