Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 387.130 (2026)

Repealed, 1990

✓ current as of May 2026

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Catchline at repeal: Guardian to pay debts of ward's ancestor -- To collect ward's claims and represent his interests. History: Repealed 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 487, sec. 27, effective July 13, 1990. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2030.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1948–2021 · leading case: Jones by & Through Jones v. Cowan, 729 S.W.2d 188 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987).

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Jones by & Through Jones v. Cowan, 729 S.W.2d 188 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987). “However, the only statutory authority to compromise and settle a minor’s claim rests with its statutory guardian as provided in KRS 387.130. Based on those principles, we conclude that the trial court erred in enforcing the settlement agreement in question over the next friend…”

Willett ex rel. Settle v. Triplett, 431 S.W.2d 502 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 3× “The appellees contend that the proceeding was in keeping with KRS 387.130 which provides in part that a guardian “with leave of the court, may compound a debt or demand, or settle or compromise any controversy concerning the lands of his ward when the interest of the ward will…”

Luxon v. Luxon, 302 S.W.2d 625 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). · cites it 2× “This appeal is prosecuted to test the validity of a compromise settlement approved by the court under the provisions of KRS 387.130, made by the statutory guardian of two infants.”

Charles E. Brooks by Elderserve, Inc., Legal Guardians v. Hon Tara Hagerty, Jefferson Circuit Court Judge, Fam. Div. 5 (Ky. 2021). “51 KRS 387.130 (1942); Johnson, 170 S.W.2d at 890 .”

Logan Coons, a Minor, by & Through Jennifer Coons, Guardian of the Est. of Logan Coons, a Minor v. Honorable Judith McDonald-burkman (Ky. 2021). “KRS 387.130 stated in relevant part that a guardian [s]hall also receive and sue for the debts and demands owing to the ward, defend actions against him, and with leave of court, may compound debt or demand, or settle or compromise any controversy concerning the lands of his…”

Everett v. Farmers Bank & Trust Co., 209 S.W.2d 737 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). · cites it 2× “She then filed an amended petition in which, she stated: “That it (her committee) failed in many respects to act in accord with the requirements of the law, as defined in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, section 387.130, former section 2030.” (Our parenthesis.”

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