KRS 394.480: Contribution when curtesy or dower taken from devise.

(1) When a widower's curtesy or widow's dower is taken, or the survivor's portion is

made up, in whole or in part, from the estate devised to a devisee, such devisee shall

have contribution on the principles of KRS 394.420 to 394.490 unless the will

otherwise directs, or it is necessarily to be inferred therefrom that the testator

intended the same to fall on such devisee.

(2) When a widower or widow loses his jointure by a defect of title, or renounces it in

legal manner, and his dower, curtesy or portion is a ssigned or made up in whole or

in part from the estate devised to a devisee, that devisee shall have contribution on

the principles of KRS 394.420 to 394.490.