FUNCHES v. FUNCHES

Record No. 910422.

413 S.E.2d 44 (1992)

Gisele FUNCHES v. Pranee FUNCHES, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Margriet Langenberg, Fairfax (Langenberg & Manson, on brief), for appellant.

Donne L. Colton, Alexandria (Powell & Colton, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

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...

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