KRS 72.445: County or Commonwealth's attorney may petition court to order autopsy.

In the event a coroner declines to order an autopsy or body exhumed for an autopsy, the

county or Commonwealth's attorney may petition the District or Circuit Court having

jurisdiction to order an autopsy. In granting or denying such request, the court sha ll

determine whether or not reasonable grounds exist for believing that the decedent may

have died as a result of a criminal act.