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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 391.040 (2026)

Descendants of distributees take per stirpes

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When any or all of a class first entitled to inherit are dead, leaving descendants, such descendants shall take per stirpes the share of their respective deceased parents. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1394.

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Cited in 1 case, 1958–1958 · leading case: Kentucky Trust Co. v. Sweeney, 163 F. Supp. 450 (W.D. Ky. 1958).
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Kentucky Trust Co. v. Sweeney, 163 F. Supp. 450 (W.D. Ky. 1958). · cites it 2× “Some of that class — the brothers and sisters — are now dead and KRS 391.040 requires that the descendants take per stirpes the share of their respective deceased parents.”
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