General Laws

[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 15. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 1. Articles of apparel and ornaments of the surviving spouse and minor children of a deceased person shall belong to them respectively. The surviving spouse may remain in the house of a deceased spouse for not more than six months next succeeding the death without being chargeable for rent.