Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 394.170 (2026)

Propounder of will may have interested parties summoned

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A person offering or intending to offer to a District Court a will for probate may obtain from the clerk of the court process directed to the proper officer of any county, requiring him to summon any person interested in the probate to appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to record. Effective: January 2, 1978 History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 359, effective January 2, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4856.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1968–1968 · leading case: Schmitt v. Kentucky Trust Co. of Louisville, 429 S.W.2d 839 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968).

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Schmitt v. Kentucky Trust Co. of Louisville, 429 S.W.2d 839 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “KRS 394.170, 394.-180. KRS 394.240 provides for an appeal to the circuit court from a judgment of the county court admitting a will to probate or rejecting it.”

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