As used in KRS 387.010 to 387.280, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Minor" means any person who has not reached the age of eighteen (18).
(2) "Interested person or entity" means an adult relative or friend of the minor, an official or representative of a public or private agency, corporation, or association concerned with the minor's welfare, or any other person found suitable by the District Court.
(3) "Guardian" means an individual, agency, or corporation appointed by the District Court to have care, custody, and control of a minor and to manage the minor's financial resources.
(4) "Limited guardian" means an individual, agency, or corporation appointed by the District Court to have care, custody, and control of a minor without the power to manage the minor's financial resources.
(5) "Conservator" means an individual, agency, or corporation appointed by the District Court to manage the financial resources of a minor.
(6) "Ward" means a person for whom a guardian, limited guardian, or conservator has been appointed.
(7) "Parent" means a mother or father whose parental rights have not been terminated or suspended by prior court order. Effective: July 13, 1990 History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 487, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 138, effective July 1, 1982. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 39. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 8. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2149. Note: 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 150 would have repealed this section effective July 1, 1982. However, 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396 was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 146, also effective July 1, 1982.
Notes of Decisions
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5 in the last 5 years), 1952–2025 · leading case:
Branham v. Stewart, 307 S.W.3d 94 (Ky. 2010).
Branham v. Stewart, 307 S.W.3d 94 (Ky. 2010).
· cites it 6× “020(3) ("If the minor is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the venue for all proceedings under KRS 387.010 to 387.280 shall be in the county where the real or personal property of the minor is located.”
Morgan v. Getter, 441 S.W.3d 94 (Ky. 2014).
“See KRS 387.010(3) (defining “guardian” in the context of trust and estate administration).”
Metro Louisville/Jefferson Cnty. Gov't v. Abma, 326 S.W.3d 1 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009).
“Also RESERVED for further proceedings are Plaintiffs’ entitlement to liquidated damages and the amount of attorneys’ fees and costs owed to Plaintiffs under the Opinion and Order of June 16, 2006, and the Opinion and Order of September 10, 2004, as a result of Defendant City’s…”
Jane Smith v. John Doe, a Minor (Ky. 2021).
· cites it 4× “KRS 387.010 defines “guardian” as “an individual, agency, or corporation appointed by the District Court to have care, custody, and control of a minor and to manage the minor's financial resources.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Kayla Melton (Ky. 2023).
· cites it 4× “The basis of the trial court’s evidentiary ruling was a legal conclusion concerning the legal effect of the relationship between guardianship and custody.”
Littreal v. Littreal, 253 S.W.2d 247 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952).
“No exemplification of these proceedings is in the record, so we do not know into which-of the three classifications outlined by KRS 387.010, appellee was placed. The fact that there had been an adjudication is shown only by allegations and admissions in the pleadings and rather…”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Kayla Melton (Ky. Ct. App. 2021).
“The Commonwealth contends that the plain language of the guardianship statute, KRS 387.010(3), which defines a guardian as someone -6- having “care, custody, and control of a minor[,]” did in fact give “custody” of T.”
Vitali v. Nolloth, 268 S.W.2d 950 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954).
“KRS 387.010 places several categories of persons within the definition of a “person of unsound mind”, but in every category the element of mental incompetence is a requisite.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 387.010(3) — 5 cases
Morgan v. Getter, 441 S.W.3d 94 (Ky. 2014).
“See KRS 387.010(3) (defining “guardian” in the context of trust and estate administration).”
Branham v. Stewart, 307 S.W.3d 94 (Ky. 2010).
“020(3) ("If the minor is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the venue for all proceedings under KRS 387.010 to 387.280 shall be in the county where the real or personal property of the minor is located.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Kayla Melton (Ky. 2023).
“The basis of the trial court’s evidentiary ruling was a legal conclusion concerning the legal effect of the relationship between guardianship and custody.”
Jane Smith v. John Doe, a Minor (Ky. 2021).
“KRS 387.010 defines “guardian” as “an individual, agency, or corporation appointed by the District Court to have care, custody, and control of a minor and to manage the minor's financial resources.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Kayla Melton (Ky. Ct. App. 2021).
“The Commonwealth contends that the plain language of the guardianship statute, KRS 387.010(3), which defines a guardian as someone -6- having “care, custody, and control of a minor[,]” did in fact give “custody” of T.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 387.010(7) — 1 case
Jane Smith v. John Doe, a Minor (Ky. 2021).
“KRS 387.010 defines “guardian” as “an individual, agency, or corporation appointed by the District Court to have care, custody, and control of a minor and to manage the minor's financial resources.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 387.010(g) — 2 cases
Branham v. Stewart, 307 S.W.3d 94 (Ky. 2010).
“020(3) ("If the minor is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the venue for all proceedings under KRS 387.010 to 387.280 shall be in the county where the real or personal property of the minor is located.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 387.010(l)(e) — 1 case
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