KRS 387.050: Nomination by minor fourteen years of age or older.

If the minor is fourteen (14) years of age or older, the minor may, in the presence of the

District Court, or by a writing signed in the presence of the judge, after privy

examination, nominate his own guardian, limited guardian, or conservator, or if the minor

be absent from the county, the minor may after privy examination, in the presence of the

District Judge of the county where the minor is, or if the minor be in the military or naval

services of the United States, after privy examination, in the prese nce of a superior

commanding officer, by a writing signed in the presence of the judge or superior officer

nominate his own guardian, limited guardian, or conservator, provided that the judge or

the commanding officer certify to the District Judge of the c ounty having jurisdiction to

appoint a guardian, limited guardian, or conservator for the minor that the writing was

signed by the minor after privy examination in the presence of the judge or officer.