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Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) A foreign guardian or conservator of a ward who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky may sue for, collect, receive, and remove from the Commonwealth the ward's personal property located in the Commonwealth, if the District Court of the county having venue pursuant to KRS 387.020, after notice and hearing determines that:
(a) The foreign guardian or conservator was appointed and qualified according to the law of the state where the ward resides;
(b) The foreign guardian or conservator has given bond in the state where the foreign guardian or conservator qualified with sufficient surety to account for all the ward's estate, including the property to be removed from Kentucky;
(c) Neither the ward nor any of the ward's creditors shall be prejudiced by removal of the ward's property from the Commonwealth.
(2) Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given not less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing to the ward's resident guardian, limited guardian, or conservator, if any, or to the ward's adult next of kin, if there is no guardian, limited guardian, or conservator in this Commonwealth. Proof of notice shall be made in accordance with the provisions of KRS 395.016. Notice may be waived as provided in KRS 395.016.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXIII. Administration of Trusts and Estates of Persons Under Disability § 387.185.Powers of foreign guardian or conservator - last updated January 01, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxxiii-administration-of-trusts-and-estates-of-persons-under-disability/ky-rev-st-sect-387-185/
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