Until curtesy or dower is apportioned, the court shall order such sums to be paid to the surviving spouse out of the rent of the real estate as shall be in proportion to his or her interest in the real estate.
Ark. Code Ann. § 28-39-104
Allowance paid surviving spouse out of rent until apportionment of curtesy or dower
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Shaw v. Shaw (1999)
Most recently applied in In Re Estate of Rickey Joe Short (October 2025)
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Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.