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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 387.185: Powers of foreign guardian or conservator.

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  1. KRS Chapter 387

(1) A foreign guardian or conservator of a ward who is not a resident of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky may sue for, collect, receive, and remove from the

Commonwealth the ward's personal property located in the Commonwealth, if the

District Court of the county having venue pursuant to KRS 387.020, after notice

and hearing determines that:

(a) The foreign guardian or conservator was appointed and qualified according to

the law of the state where the ward resides;

(b) The foreign guardian or conservator has given bond in the state where the

foreign guardian or conservator qualified with sufficient surety to account for

all the ward's estate, including the property to be removed from Kentucky;

(c) Neither the ward nor any of the ward's creditors shall be prejudiced by

removal of the ward's property from the Commonwealth.

(2) Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given not less than ten (10) days

prior to the hearing to the ward's resident guardian, limited guardian, or conservator,

if any, or to the ward's adult next of kin, if there is no guardian, limited guardian, or

conservator in this Commonwealth. Proof of notice shall be made in accordance

with the provisions of KRS 395.016. Notice may be waived as provided in KRS

395.016.

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