{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-392.120","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 392.120","heading":"Jointure -- When a bar to dower or curtesy -- Waiver of -- Indemnity for","body":"loss of.\n(1) A conveyance or devise of real or personal estate, by way of jointure, may bar the\nsurviving spouse's interest in the property and estate of the deceased spouse. If,\nhowever, the jointure is made before marriage without the surviving spouse's\nconsent, or during the surviving spouse's infancy the surviving spouse may, within\ntwelve (12) months after decedent's death, waive the jointure by written\nrelinquishment, acknowledged or proved before, and left with, the county clerk, and\nhave dower, curtesy, or share of the estate as provided by KRS 392.020. A copy of\nsuch relinquishment shall be filed with the clerk of the court in which probate was\nmade. When the surviving spo use so demands and receives dower, curtesy or such\nshare of decedent's estate, the estate conveyed or devised in lieu of dower or curtesy\nshall determine and revert to the heirs or representatives of the grantor or devisor.\n(2) Where the surviving spouse i s lawfully deprived of jointure, or any part of jointure,\nand not through any act of the surviving spouse's own, the surviving spouse shall\nhave indemnity for jointure out of decedent's estate.","path":["KRS Chapter 392"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36185","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:23Z","sha256":"ddf7b85597d11bf4acb1a664289463444230a8fc3d0489a022466d56963f8fdb","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-392.110","next":"us-ky/krs-392.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}