KRS 387.290: Curator for convict -- Appointment -- Powers and duties.

(1) The District Court of the county from which the convict was sent to the

penitentiary, or of the county of his residence if he had one in this state, may, upon

the application of anyone interested, appoint a suitable curator of the estate of any

person over the age of twenty-one (21) years confined in the penitentiary.

(2) If the convict has a spouse the District Court shall appoint the spouse curator if the

spouse can give satisfactory security, and if not, then the person the spouse selects

in person or by written direction to the court.

(3) The curator shall execute a bond similar to that required of curators in a case of

contest concerning a will. He shall be clothed with like powers, have like privileges,

discharge like duties, and be liable to like responsibilities as are provided in the case

of the curator of an estate pending a contest concerning a will, except that he shall,

out of the effects held by him, provide for the support of the family and the

education of the minor children of the convict. He shall expend in these respects the

sum authorized by the District Court, and he shall account with the convict when he

is discharged from the penitentiary.