Actual possession by deceased spouse not necessary for dower or curtesy
KRS 392.030
in effect392.030. Actual possession by deceased spouse not necessary for dower or curtesy
If the deceased spouse, during the coverture, was seized in law of the fee simple of any real estate, then the surviving spouse may have dower or curtesy in that real estate, although the deceased spouse never had actual possession.
History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 77. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2134.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36176Fetched: 10/20/2026
