The spouse of an infant spouse, or of a spouse judicially declared mentally disabled, if the spouse not under disability is of the age of eighteen (18) years, or if not, with the approval of the Circuit Court, on such terms as it may deem equitable, may unite with his guardian or conservator, or with the commissioner of the court, in the conveyance of the real estate of the spouse under disability, so as to release the inchoate right of dower or curtesy of the spouse not under disability, when a sale and conveyance of the real estate are ordered to be made by the guardian or conservator, or by the commissioner or other officer of the court. An infant spouse may also be permitted by the Circuit Court to unite with his adult spouse in the conveyance of the adult spouse’s real estate without terms, or on such terms as may be deemed equitable, so as to release the inchoate right of dower or curtesy of the infant spouse. If, in judicial proceedings to sell the real estate of an infant spouse, or of a spouse judicially declared mentally disabled, his spouse is made a party defendant, and by answer, and on privy examination in open court or by a judge of a court in which such proceedings are pending, or by a commissioner appointed by the court to take the case, the spouse not under disability consents to a sale of the property, free from the inchoate right of dower or curtesy of the spouse not under disability, either without terms or on terms designated by the spouse not under disability, the court may, if it deems the terms of such consent equitable, order the sale of such property, free from the inchoate right of dower or curtesy, upon the terms of consent proposed by that spouse.
Effective: July 1, 1982

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 392.130

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dower: A widow
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 102, effective July 1, 1982. — Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 84. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2146.
Note. 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 116 would have amended this section effective July 1,
1982. However, 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396 was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec.
146, also effective July 1, 1982.

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