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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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXIV. Descent, Wills, and Administration of Decedents' Estates § 392.100.Dower or curtesy rights in event of bigamy - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxxiv-descent-wills-and-administration-of-decedents-estates/ky-rev-st-sect-392-100/
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