N.Y. RPP Law § 196-A
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When dower barred by dissolution of marriage
Official statutory text
§ 196-a. When dower barred by dissolution of marriage. In case of a\ndissolution of the marriage because of the absence of the wife for five\nsuccessive years, as provided in section seven-a of the domestic\nrelations law, she shall not be endowed.\n
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