{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-381.050","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 381.050","heading":"Estate created by conveyance to husband and wife -- Will not to defeat","body":"right to the entirety by survivorship.\n(1) If real estate is conveyed or devised to husband and wife, unless a right by\nsurvivorship is expressly provided for, there shall be no mu tual right to the entirety\nby survivorship between them, but they shall take as tenants in common, and the\nrespective moieties shall be subject to the respective rights of the husband or wife as\nfixed in KRS Chapter 392, with all other incidents to such tenancy.\n(2) Where a conveyance or devise expressly creates a mutual right to the entirety by\nsurvivorship in real estate between a husband and wife, no provision of the will of\nthe husband or wife shall be construed to defeat such right to the entirety by\nsurvivorship of the surviving spouse.","path":["KRS Chapter 381"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35396","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:10Z","sha256":"f144030d14e18f162145e6befed02f29ab539aefe1c880e5aba1bbb16e7864b0","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-381.040","next":"us-ky/krs-381.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}