Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.085 (2026)

Definition of certain dependents

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As used in this chapter:

(1) "Child" includes stepchildren, legally adopted children, posthumous children and recognized children born out of wedlock, but does not include married children unless actually dependent;

(2) "Brother" and "sister" includes stepbrothers, stepsisters and brothers and sisters of the half blood or by adoption, but excludes married brothers or sisters unless actually dependent;

(3) "Grandchild" includes children of adopted children or stepchildren, but excludes stepchildren of children or of adopted children and married children;

(4) "Parent" includes stepparents and parents by adoption; and

(5) "Adopted" and "adoption" include cases where the persons are legally adopted. Effective: July 13, 1984. History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1984. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4895.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1977–2009 · leading case: Simpson v. Simpson, 586 S.W.2d 33 (Ky. 1979).
Simpson v. Simpson, 586 S.W.2d 33 (Ky. 1979). · cites it 2× “010(5) (stepparent included in the definition of parent); KRS 342.085(4) (stepparent included in the definition of parent under the workmen's compensation law); KRS 40.”
Steven Lee Enter. v. Varney, 36 S.W.3d 391 (Ky. 2000). · cites it 2× “f a marriage existing on the date of the compensable event, but not to after-born children of subsequent marriages (or, for that matter, to after-acquired spouses, new stepbrothers and stepsisters, new brothers and sisters by the half-blood, new stepparents, and the children of…”
Davis v. Johnson, 295 S.W.3d 841 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009). “080 (stepchildren placed on the same footing as biological and adopted children as class A beneficiaries when establishing inheritance tax rates); KRS 342.085 (stepchildren included in the definition of “child” for purposes of workers’ compensation statutes).”
Smith v. Dixie Fuel Co., 566 S.W.2d 156 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977). “KRS 342.085 defines “child” as follows: (1).”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.085(4) — 1 case
Simpson v. Simpson, 586 S.W.2d 33 (Ky. 1979). “010(5) (stepparent included in the definition of parent); KRS 342.085(4) (stepparent included in the definition of parent under the workmen's compensation law); KRS 40.”
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