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(1) If real estate is conveyed or devised to husband and wife, unless a right by survivorship is expressly provided for, there shall be no mutual right to the entirety by survivorship between them, but they shall take as tenants in common, and the respective moieties shall be subject to the respective rights of the husband or wife as fixed in KRS Chapter 392, with all other incidents to such tenancy.
(2) Where a conveyance or devise expressly creates a mutual right to the entirety by survivorship in real estate between a husband and wife, no provision of the will of the husband or wife shall be construed to defeat such right to the entirety by survivorship of the surviving spouse.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXII. Ownership and Conveyance of Property § 381.050.Estate created by conveyance to husband and wife; will not to defeat right to the entirety by survivorship - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxxii-ownership-and-conveyance-of-property/ky-rev-st-sect-381-050/
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