{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-394.240","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 394.240","heading":"Actions in Circuit Court -- Time in which to be brought -- Filing notice of","body":"proceeding.\n(1) Any person aggrieved by the action of the District Court in admitting a will to\nrecord or rejecting it may bring an original action in the Circuit Court of the  same\ncounty to contest the action of the District Court. Such action shall be brought\nwithin two (2) years after the decision of the District Court. The parties may, in the\nsame action, or in a separate action if the validity of the will is not in issue, seek\nconstruction, interpretation or reformation of a will.\n(2) Upon filing an adversary proceeding in Circuit Court in matters involving probate\nwhether in a testate or intestate proceeding or an action pursuant to subsection (1) of\nthis section, the plai ntiff shall forthwith lodge a notice of the action in the office of\nthe county clerk of the county in which the will was admitted to probate or rejected,\nor if in an intestate estate in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the\nestate was probated. Such notice shall state the name of the testator, the style of the\naction, the court in which the action has been filed, the file number assigned to the\naction by the clerk of the court in which it has been filed, the nature of the action,\nand the date on which the action was commenced. Said notice shall be signed by\nplaintiff or his attorney and no jurat shall be necessary. The county clerk shall\nrecord and index said notice as if it were a will.","path":["KRS Chapter 394"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36265","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:25Z","sha256":"ed02fdd894c54c4330f6b5c0f0ff47b31a826da3cbb417cb356e3396c60b4d0e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-394.235","next":"us-ky/krs-394.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}