Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 405.140 (2026)
Repealed, 1946
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Catchline at repeal: Definitions for KRS 405.140 to 405.240. History: Repealed 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 245, sec. 14. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 331b-9, 331b-14.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1943–1956 · leading case: Lee v. Thomas Et Ux, 181 S.W.2d 457 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944).
Lee v. Thomas Et Ux, 181 S.W.2d 457 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944). “The governing statute for such procedure is contained in sections 405.140 to and including 405.990 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes.”
Skaggs v. Gannon, 170 S.W.2d 12 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “1940, Sections 331b-l to 331b-12, KRS 405.140 et seq., or is confined to the status existing at the time of the motion to annul in the county •court.”
Kolb v. Ruhl's Adm'r, 198 S.W.2d 326 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). “200) grant an adopted child the right to inherit from her adoptive mother’s first cousin? It is appellant’s contention that her rights are to be determined by the adoption statute of 1940, Chapter-94, Acts of 1940, now KRS 405.140 to- 405.240, inclusive, and KRS 391.”
Stanfield v. Willoughby, 286 S.W.2d 908 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). “Even a casual reading of this Act in its original form will convince one that, the legislative intent in the passage of the Act was to place a minor when adopted on the same basis as a child born into the family.”
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