Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXIII. Administration of Trusts and Estates of Persons Under Disability § 387.280.Handling amount of not more than $10,000 due to person under disability who has reached age of 18

(1) When a person under disability who has reached the age of eighteen (18), having no guardian or conservator, is entitled to receive a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), exclusive of interest, in any action in which real estate has been sold, or in the settlement of any estate, or from any other source, the person having custody of the person under disability may settle or compromise the dollar amount when in the interest of the person under disability.

(2) The court in which the action is pending, or, if the sum does not derive from the action, the District Court, may order the sum to be paid to the person having custody of the person under disability. Before entering the order, the court shall approve any settlement or compromise and shall be satisfied by affidavit or oral testimony that the person under disability is in the custody of the person to whom it is proposed to pay the money and the latter, upon withdrawal of the money, shall be under obligation as trustee to expend it, for the support, maintenance, or education of the person under disability.

(3) When the order is made, no bond shall be required of the person having custody of the person under disability. If the sum due to the person under disability is from the sale of real property, the purchaser of the real property may pay the share of the person under disability into court, and no lien shall remain on the property therefor. The money may be withdrawn by the person mentioned in the order without that person giving bond.

(4) A release executed by the person to whom the court has ordered the sum paid shall have the same effect as a release by a duly appointed guardian.