KRS 427.100: Waiver of homestead exemption -- Continuance after death.

No mortgage, release or waiver of an exemption granted by KRS 427.060 shall be valid

unless it is in writing, subscribed by the defendant and his spouse, and acknowledged and

recorded in the same manner as conveyances of real estate. The exemption in favor of an

execution debtor or one against whom judgment has been rendered shall continue after

the debtor's death for the benefit of his surviving spouse and children, but shall be

estimated in allotting dower or curtesy.