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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 405.390 (2026)

Adoption of an adult

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An adult person over eighteen (18) years of age may be adopted in the same manner as provided by law for the adoption of a child and with the same legal effect, except that his consent alone to such adoption shall be required. History: Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 6. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1957–2021 · leading case: Bedinger v. Graybill's & Tr., 302 S.W.2d 594 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957).
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Bedinger v. Graybill's & Tr., 302 S.W.2d 594 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). · cites it 2× “" The current statute, KRS 405.390, an Act of 1950, Chapter 120, is in substantially the same language.”
Wilson v. Johnson, 389 S.W.2d 634 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). · cites it 3× “Johnson's death were KRS 405.390 and KRS 199.520(2). "KRS 405.”
Minary v. Citizens Fid. Bank & Trust Co., 419 S.W.2d 340 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). “This leaves us with the extremely bothersome question of: “Does the fact that Myra Minary was an adult and the wife of Alfred at the time she was adopted affect her status as an ‘heir’ under the will?” KRS 405.390 provides: “An adult person * * * may be adopted in the same…”
Commonwealth v. Hallahan, 391 S.W.2d 378 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “030 (power to make wills), and KRS 405.390 (adoption of adults). If Section 1 of the act has the effect of amending KRS 402.”
Thomas J. Tucker v. Cindy Tucker as Adm'x of the Est. of John Kevin Tucker (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “See KRS 405.390 (“An adult person over eighteen (18) years of age may be adopted in the same manner as provided by law for the adoption of a child and with the same legal effect, except that his consent alone to such adoption shall be required.”
CONN v. Ingram, 297 S.W.3d 53 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009). “KRS 405.390 permits an adult over the age of eighteen to “be adopted in the same manner as provided by law for the adoption of a child and with the same legal effect, except that his consent alone to such adoption shall be required.”
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