Delaware § 744 Curtesy; barred by wrongful conduct of husband

Delaware Statutes

§ 744 — Curtesy; barred by wrongful conduct of husband

Delaware § 744

JurisdictionDelaware

Title25

PartGeneral Provisions

Ch. 7JOINT ESTATES AND PARTITION

Subch.Partition Proceedings

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 25, § 744 (2026).

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If a husband leaves his wife to go with an adulteress or willingly lives in adultery in a state of separation from his wife, not occasioned by her fault, in either case, unless his wife is reconciled to him and suffers him to dwell with her, or if he is convicted of wrongfully killing his wife, he shall forfeit his curtesy and all demands, as her husband, upon her real or personal estate and any estate, charge or benefit settled upon him, or upon trust for him, in lieu of curtesy.

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If a husband leaves his wife to go with an adulteress or willingly lives in adultery in a state of separation from his wife, not occasioned by her fault, in either case, unless his wife is reconciled to him and suffers him to dwell with her, or if he is convicted of wrongfully killing his wife, he shall forfeit his curtesy and all demands, as her husband, upon her real or personal estate and any estate, charge or benefit settled upon him, or upon trust for him, in lieu of curtesy.