Ky. Rev. Stat. § 392.100

Current through Acts Received April 24, 2024
Section 392.100 - Dower or curtesy rights in event of bigamy

If a person violates KRS 530.010 the person's first spouse shall, on his conviction, be endowed of one-third (1/3) part of his real estate for life and an absolute interest in one-third (1/3) part of his other estate, to be allotted and recovered as dower or curtesy in other cases. A violator of KRS 530.010 shall forfeit her claim to dower or his claim to curtesy in their first spouse's estate.

KRS 392.100

Effective:1/1/1975
Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 81; and ch. 406, sec. 313, effective1/1/1975. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1217.