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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 391 DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION
391.360 Written provisions for nonprobate transfer on death.
Download pdfsecurity account agreement, custodial agreement, deposit agreement, compensation
plan, pension plan, individual retirement plan, employee benefit plan, trust,
conveyance, deed of gift, marital property agreement, or other written instrument of
a similar nature is nontestamentary. These written provisions shall include, but not
be limited to, written provisions which provide that:
(a) Money or other benefits due to, controlled, or owned by a decedent before death shall be paid after the decedent's death to a person whom the decedent
designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will,
executed before, at the same time, or after the instrument is executed; (b) Money due or to become due under the instrument shall cease to be payable in the event of the death of the promisee or the promissor before payment or
demand; or (c) Any property, controlled by or owned by the decedent before death, which is the subject of the instrument shall pass to a person the decedent designates
either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed
before, at the same time, or after the instrument is executed. (2) This section shall not limit the rights of creditors under other laws of this state. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 415, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 38.
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