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[0] DOWER [1] No [2] No [3] No [4] Yes [5] No [6] No [7] No [8] No [9] No. The “Omnibus Trusts and Estates Amendment Act of 2000″ became law on or about April 26, 2001, dower was repealed. [10] No [11] No [12] No [13] No [14] No [15] No [16] No [17] Yes [18] Yes [19] No [20] No [21] No [22] No [23] Yes [24] No [25] No [26] Yes; The term “Dower” is not used and instead is called “Marital Rights”. [27] No [28] No [29] No [30] No [31] Yes; Applies only to a property owned by a married person prior to May 28, 1980. [32] No [33] No [34] Yes; Termed statutory substitute. [35] No [36] Yes- There is a homestead exemption at Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.66. However, it does not affect or invalidate or impair the lien or a judgment rendered on a mortgage. Id. at § 2329.661. [37] No [38] No [39] No [40] No [41] No [42] No [43] No [44] No [45] No [46] No [48] No [49] No; Abolished in 1991. [50] No [47] 
No; “Augmented Estate” Regime – if during a term of his or her life, if spouse conveys property for less than full value, then spouse must join in a deed or mortgage.
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