Curator -- Grounds for appointment -- Bond
KRS 395.410
in effect395.410. Curator -- Grounds for appointment -- Bond
(1) During the contest about the probate of a will, or when the court for any valid cause is delayed in granting letters testamentary or of administration, it may appoint a curator to collect and preserve the estate of the decedent until probate of the will is granted, or until the cause for which the order was made is removed.
(2) When any resident of this state or person owning property in this state has been absent from his or her last known place of residence for a period of one (1) year and is not known to have been living during that time, the District Court of any county in which a personal representative could be appointed for that person's estate if deceased, may appoint a curator to collect and preserve the estate of that absent person.
(3) The court shall take a surety bond payable to and with the Commonwealth from the person appointed curator. The surety bond shall be subscribed to by the principal and sureties in the presence of a notary or as may be otherwise authorized by the court, for the full and faithful performance of the trust confided in him or her.
(4) The surety bond shall be kept by the clerk of the court in his or her office in a record to be maintained for that purpose.
Effective: July 15, 2026
History: Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 19, effective July 15, 2026. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 389, effective January 2, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3901, 3902a-1.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57683Fetched: 10/20/2026