When administration is taken in this state on the estate of a nonresident decedent, the residue of his personal estate, after payment of his debts to citizens of this state, may either be distributed and disposed of according to the law of the decedent’s domicile, and if he has a will it shall be governed by the law of his domicile, or, if the court thinks best and so orders, such residue may be transmitted to the personal representatives, if there are any, in the state of the decedent’s domicile, to be disposed of there according to the law of that state.
Effective: October 1, 1942

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 395.260

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Personal estate: includes chattels, real and other estate that passes to the personal representative upon the owner dying intestate. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. secs. 3898, 3899.