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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) When a widower's curtesy or widow's dower is taken, or the survivor's portion is made up, in whole or in part, from the estate devised to a devisee, such devisee shall have contribution on the principles of KRS 394.420 to 394.490 unless the will otherwise directs, or it is necessarily to be inferred therefrom that the testator intended the same to fall on such devisee.
(2) When a widower or widow loses his jointure by a defect of title, or renounces it in legal manner, and his dower, curtesy or portion is assigned or made up in whole or in part from the estate devised to a devisee, that devisee shall have contribution on the principles of KRS 394.420 to 394.490.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXIV. Descent, Wills, and Administration of Decedents' Estates § 394.480.Contribution when curtesy or dower taken from devise - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxxiv-descent-wills-and-administration-of-decedents-estates/ky-rev-st-sect-394-480/
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