KRS 395.410: Curator -- Grounds for appointment -- Bond.

(1) During the contest about the probate of a will, or when the court for any valid cause

is delayed in granting letters testamentary or of administration, it may appoint a

curator to collect and preserve the estate of the decedent until probate of the will is

granted, or until the cause for which the order was made is removed.

(2) When any resident of this state or person owning property in this state has been

absent from his or her last known place of residence for a period of one (1) year and

is not known to have been living during that time, the District Court of any county

in which a personal representative could be appointed for that person's estate if

deceased, may appoint a curator to collect and preserve the estate of that absent

person.

(3) The court shall take a surety bond payable to and with the Commonwealth from the

person appointed curator. The surety bond shall be subscribed to by the principal

and sureties in the presence of a notary or as may be otherwise authorized by the

court, for the full and faithful performance of the trust confided in him or her.

(4) The surety bond shall be kept by the clerk of the court in his or her office in a

record to be maintained for that purpose.