{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-395.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 395.040","heading":"Administrator -- Persons entitled to be appointed -- Discovery of will.","body":"(1) The court shall grant administration to the relations of the deceased who apply for\nadministration, preferring the surviving husband or wife, or if the surviving husband\nor wife does not nominate a suitable administrator, then such others as are next\nentitled to distribution, or one (1) or more of them whom the court judges will best\nmanage the estate.\n(2) If no person mentioned in subsection (1) applies for administration within sixty (60)\ndays from the death of an intestate, the court may grant administ ration to a creditor,\nor to any other person, in its discretion.\n(3) No master or other commissioner whose duty it is to settle the accounts of a\npersonal representative shall be appointed an administrator.\n(4) If a will is afterwards produced and proved , the administration shall cease, and the\ncourt may grant a certificate of the probate of the will, or, in the proper case, letters\nof administration with the will annexed.","path":["KRS Chapter 395"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36315","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:26Z","sha256":"cf508385d165925a5b44df022acf1b5b267d33726daa5ce7e06294ce0ffc35bb","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-395.030","next":"us-ky/krs-395.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}