KRS 395.490: Procedure when administration already granted.

If administration or letters testamentary have been granted before application for an order

dispensing with administration, the court shall not make such an order except upon notice

to the personal representative and opportunity for him to be heard, nor un til the costs of

the administration have been paid and the accounts of the personal representative settled.

If the order is then entered, the administration or letters testamentary shall be ipso facto

revoked.