(1) When a widower’s curtesy or widow’s dower is taken, or the survivor’s portion is made up, in whole or in part, from the estate devised to a devisee, such devisee shall have contribution on the principles of KRS § 394.420 to KRS § 394.490 unless the will otherwise directs, or it is necessarily to be inferred therefrom that the testator intended the same to fall on such devisee.
(2) When a widower or widow loses his jointure by a defect of title, or renounces it in legal manner, and his dower, curtesy or portion is assigned or made up in whole or in part from the estate devised to a devisee, that devisee shall have contribution on the principles of KRS § 394.420 to KRS § 394.490.
History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 87, effective June 21, 1974. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2081, 2082.