KRS 385.142: Use of custodial property.

(1) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit so

much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and

benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to:

(a) The duty or ability of the custodian personally or of any other person to

support the minor; or

(b) Any other income or property of the minor which may be applicable or

available for that purpose.

(2) On petition of an interested person or the minor if the minor has attained th e age of

fourteen (14) years, the court may order the custodian to deliver or pay to the minor

or expend for the minor's benefit so much of the custodial property as the court

considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor.

(3) A delivery, paymen t, or expenditure under this section is in addition to, not in

substitution for, and does not affect any obligation of a person to support the minor.