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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 387.890: Court order modifying existing trust -- Jurisdiction and venue.

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  1. KRS Chapter 387

The court may enter an order modifying an existing trust, whether established by the court

under this chapter, or whether the trust has been otherwise established, upon petition

demonstrating to the court that there is just cause to modify the trust to pre serve the trust

purposes of protecting the trust assets for the benefit of the special needs person. Any

such petition shall comport with KRS 387.870, 387.875, and 387.880. If the trust is

administered or registered in a county other than where the special needs person resides

when a petition is brought to modify a trust, jurisdiction and venue shall be determined in

accordance with KRS 386B.2 -030, except that no such order of modification shall limit,

modify, or defeat the trustee's duty, where required un der 42 U.S.C., sec. 1396p, to

reimburse the state from the trust assets for benefits paid on behalf of the special needs

person at the death of the special needs person, or the termination of the trust during the

lifetime of the special needs person, as the case may be.

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