The District Court that has jurisdiction to grant administration of the estate of a person dying intestate shall have jurisdiction of proceedings to dispense with administration.
Effective: January 2, 1978

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 395.450

  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 391, effective January
2, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 8. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3897-6.