§ 2034 Dower or curtesy interests

OLRC 119-134 · eCFR 2026-10-19 · 1 regs · 1 amending Acts

Enacted 1954 · Act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 Amended · 1 Acts · From 1939 Code § 811(a), (b)

19541962
§ 20.2034-1 Dower or curtesy interests.
Amended 1962
  • 1962 Pub. L. 87-834 Pub. L. 87–834 struck out provisions which excepted real property situated outside of the United States.

Cases: Estate of Johnson v. Commissioner, 718 F.2d 1303 (5th Cir. 1983)

The value of the gross estate shall include the value of all property to the extent of any interest therein of the surviving spouse, existing at the time of the decedent’s death as dower or curtesy, or by virtue of a statute creating an estate in lieu of dower or curtesy.