This chapter of Women and the Law: A Legal Rights Handbook, Online Edition, provides information about a woman’s right to own property, including what happens to property when a woman marries, divorces, or is widowed; what a woman should know about inheriting property; and ways to title property. Other topics include dower rights, wills, estate administration and landlord and tenant relationships. Produced by the Women’s Commission and the Women Lawyers Committee of the WV State Bar.
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