Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
25 Del. C. § 744
Curtesy; barred by wrongful conduct of husband
Official textdelcode.delaware.gov
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.
Amendment history
47 Del. Laws, c. 343, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1
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In this title (40 sections)
- 25-724 · Decree of partition; appointment and duties of commissioners
- 25-725 · Appointment of a new commission
- 25-726 · Final decree of partition
- 25-727 · Proportionment of shares among issue claiming by stocks
- 25-728 · Procedure upon petition by all interested parties
- 25-729 · Appointment of trustee for public sale of premises; conveyance…
- 25-730 · Allotment of primary interests
- 25-731 · Deed upon death of purchaser
- 25-732 · Title upon sale; transfer of liens to proceeds
- 25-733 · Investment or division of sale proceeds
- 25-734 · Sales upon credit; purchase money security; preference of…
- 25-735 · Costs
- 25-736 · Dower, curtesy or other estate in undivided shares of parties…
- 25-737 · Procedure where dower, curtesy or life estate exists
- 25-738 · Advancements; treatment upon partition
- 25-739 · Assignment of dower without embracing residue
- 25-740 · Election to take dower from proceeds of sale; investment or…
- 25-741 · Appointment of trustee for joint owner’s widow with a mental…
- 25-742 · Appraisement of value of widow’s dower; payment of widow’s…
- 25-743 · Investment or deposit of share of persons holding curtesy…
- 25-744 · Curtesy; barred by wrongful conduct of husband
- 25-745 · Real estate in more than 1 county; appointment of freeholders;…
- 25-746 · Partition of several tracts held by same joint owners; power…
- 25-747 · Partition of several tracts where some parties hold interest…
- 25-748 · Power of commissioners to make return of partition of part of…
- 25-749 · Certified copy of record as evidence
- 25-750 · Limitation of appeals
- 25-751 · Powers of Court of Chancery
- 25-901 · Liability in actions for waste
- 25-902 · Liability of an assignee and tenant in possession
- 25-903 · Liability of husband or assignee of tenant
- 25-904 · Liability of cotenants
- 25-905 · Actions by heirs
- 25-906 · Accidental fire in house not waste
- 25-907 · Service of writ; judgment by default
- 25-908 · Procedure upon death of either party
- 25-909 · Judgment
- 25-910 · Writ of estrepement
- 25-911 · Injunction or writ of estrepement upon petition of lienholder
- 25-1101 · Unauthorized removal of landmarks and marking of boundary…