Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 394.220 (2026)

Court may probate will without summoning parties

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A District Court may, without summoning any party, proceed to probate and admit the will to record or reject it. Effective: January 2, 1978 History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 360, effective January 2, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4860.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1970–1970 · leading case: Second Nat'l Bank of Ashland v. Thomson, 455 S.W.2d 51 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970).

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Second Nat'l Bank of Ashland v. Thomson, 455 S.W.2d 51 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “' See KRS 394.220. An appeal from the county court order is provided by KRS 394.”

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