KRS 427.070: Right of spouse and children to homestead.

(1) The homestead shall be for the use of the widow as long as she occupies it, and the

unmarried infant children of the husband are entitled to a joint occupancy with her

until the youngest unmarried child arrives at full age. The termination of the

widow's occupancy shall not affect the rights of the children. The land may be sold,

subject to the right of the widow and children, if a sale is necessary to pay the debts

of the husband.

(2) The homestead of a woman shall, in like manner, be for the use of her s urviving

husband and her children, situated as above. When the interest of the husband and

children ceases, the homestead shall be disposed of in like manner and the proceeds

applied on the same terms to her debts, or, if there are no debts, divided among her

children.