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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 452.420 (2026)

Where action for distribution, partition or sale of decedent's estate must be

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brought. An action for the distribution of the estate of a deceased person, or for its partition among his heirs, or for the sale, for payment of his debts, of property descended from or devised by him, must be brought in the county in which his personal representative was qualified. Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 66.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1975–1978 · leading case: Pendleton ex rel. Gadd v. Pendleton, 531 S.W.2d 507 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975).
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Pendleton ex rel. Gadd v. Pendleton, 531 S.W.2d 507 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 2× “Some of them did not involve real estate, and those that did were cases in which the object of the litigation was to partition, or to sell and divide the proceeds from, land held jointly by inheritance or devise.”
Willis v. City of Corbin, 572 S.W.2d 610 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “Actions must be brought in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part thereof, is situated: (1) For the recovery of real property, or of an estate or interest therein; (2) For the partition of real property except as is provided in KRS 452.420; (3) For the sale…”
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