{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-392.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 392.040","heading":"Lands in which surviving spouse to have no dower or curtesy.","body":"(1) The surviving spouse shall not have dower or curtesy in land sold but not conveyed\nby the deceased spouse before marriage, nor in land sold in good faith after\nmarriage to satisfy an encumbrance created before marriage or created by deed in\nwhich the survi ving spouse joined, or to satisfy a lien for the purchase money. If,\nhowever, there is a surplus of the land or proceeds of sale after satisfying the lien,\nsurviving spouse may have dower or curtesy out of that surplus of the land or\ncompensation out of th e surplus of the proceeds, unless they were received or\ndisposed of by the decedent in his lifetime.\n(2) If the decedent held land by executory contract only, the surviving spouse shall not\nhave dower or curtesy in the land, unless decedent owned such an e quitable right at\nthe time of his death.","path":["KRS Chapter 392"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36177","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:23Z","sha256":"7bee306e5d3e163d980646e79bbae1e6eeea7a522a2ad571bff868aac35bc57d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-392.030","next":"us-ky/krs-392.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}