KRS 395.430: Application for curator for absent person -- Notice.

(1) Before any curator is appointed for an absent person under subsection (2) of KRS

395.410, a written application requesting the appointment shall be filed with the

District Court Clerk. The application shall be verified and shall recite the fact of

absence, the last known address of the absent person and the presence of property

within this state or other ground requiring the appointment of a curator for the

protection of the property or rights of the absent person. The application may be

made by any relativ e, creditor or debtor of the absent person, or by any person in

possession of or interested in any property or rights of the absent person.

(2) Upon the filing with the District Court Clerk of any such application, the clerk shall

send by United States cer tified mail, return receipt requested a letter addressed to

the absent person at the last known address as given in the application, stating that

such application has been filed. The clerk shall publish pursuant to KRS Chapter

424 a notice to the effect th at an application for the appointment of a curator has

been made.