Dent v. Rose

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Jack Farrell Rose died intestate in 1979, survived by his widow (the appellant) and by two sons (the appellees). In 1982 the sons filed a petition in the administration proceedings, asking for a judgment declaring that the widow is not entitled to dower because the dower statutes in force at Rose’s death were unconstitutional as being discriminatory as between men and women. This appeal by the widow is from a j udgment declaring the dower statutes to be unconstitutinal and denying dower.

The probate judge relied upon our decisions in Stokes v. Stokes, 271 Ark. 300,…