{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-427.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 427.070","heading":"Right of spouse and children to homestead.","body":"(1) The homestead shall be for the use of the widow as long as she occupies it, and the\nunmarried infant children of the husband are entitled to a joint occupancy with her\nuntil the youngest unmarried child arrives at full age. The termination of the\nwidow's occupancy shall not affect the rights of the children. The land may be sold,\nsubject to the right of the widow and children, if a sale is necessary to pay the debts\nof the husband.\n(2) The homestead of a woman shall, in like manner, be for the use of her s urviving\nhusband and her children, situated as above. When the interest of the husband and\nchildren ceases, the homestead shall be disposed of in like manner and the proceeds\napplied on the same terms to her debts, or, if there are no debts, divided among her\nchildren.","path":["KRS Chapter 427"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18547","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:45Z","sha256":"e14d8b630bf676e817ddeb5142fa9c813f23624c7bcf5f2a8d4582862ab3b836","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-427.060","next":"us-ky/krs-427.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}