KRS 387.760: Court costs -- Compensation, commission, and reimbursement for

expenses.

(1) No court costs shall be charged to a respondent or ward in any proceeding under

KRS 387.500 to 387.770, if the respondent or ward is a poor person as defined in

KRS 453.190.

(2) Limited guardians, guardians, limited conservators and conservators are en titled to

reasonable compensation for services rendered and to reimbursement for reasonable

and necessary expenses incurred in the exercise of their assigned guardianship or

conservatorship duties and powers. Such compensation and reimbursement shall be

paid from the financial resources of the ward and shall not exceed:

(a) A commission of not more than six percent (6%) of the income collected by

the fiduciary, payable at the time the income is collected; and

(b) Either, but not both, of the following, as elected by the fiduciary:

1. An annual commission of three -tenths of one percent (0.3%) of the fair

market value of the real and personal property in the care of the

fiduciary; or

2. An annual commission of not more than six percent (6%) of the fair

market value of the principal distributed by the fiduciary, payable at the

time the principal is distributed.

In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, a commission on income shall be

paid out of the income of the estate and a commission on principal shall be paid out

of the principal of the estate.

(3) Upon submitted proof showing that in the handling of the estate the fiduciary has

performed additional and necessary services which have been unusual or

extraordinary and not normally incident to the care an d management of a similar

estate, the court may allow the fiduciary additional compensation as is fair and

reasonable for the additional services rendered.