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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 392.100 — Dower or curtesy rights in event of bigamy

392.100. Dower or curtesy rights in event of bigamy

If a person violates KRS 530.010 the person's first spouse shall, on his conviction, be endowed of one-third (1/3) part of his real estate for life and an absolute interest in one-third (1/3) part of his other estate, to be allotted and recovered as dower or curtesy in other cases. A violator of KRS 530.010 shall forfeit her claim to dower or his claim to curtesy in their first spouse's estate.

Source notes

Effective: January 1, 1975

Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended by two 1974 acts which do not appear to be in conflict and have been compiled together.

History and annotations

Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 81; and ch. 406, sec. 313, effective January 1, 1975. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1217.

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