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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 391 DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION
391.225 Perfection of title of surviving spouse.
Download pdfdecedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order
of the probate court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative or the
heirs or devisees of the decedent with the approval of the probate court. Neither the
personal representative nor the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered
has a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is
property to which KRS 391.210 to 391.260 applies, unless a written demand is made by
the surviving spouse or the spouse's successor in interest. History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 328, sec. 1(4).
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