Funches v. Funches

In this controversy over interests in real property, we determine whether a wife has a dower interest in land acquired by her husband and his companion during the course of a bigamous marriage as tenants by the entirety with the right of survivorship. *

In March 1990, Robert Thomas Funches died. In September 1990, appellant Gisele Funches, claiming to be the decedent’s widow, filed a bill of complaint against appellee Pranee Funches individually and as personal representative of the decedent’s estate. The plaintiff alleged that the decedent died intestate and that defendant claims to be his…