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KRS 304.14-340

Rights of married women in life insurance

Known as the Long-term Care Insurance Act

The act spans §§ 304.14-010 to 304.14-675 (77 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case John Wesley Bays v. Kristie D. Kiphart Individually and as Trustee of the Demand Right Irrevocable Trust for Bryce A. Bays (2016)

Most recently applied in John Wesley Bays v. Kristie D. Kiphart Individually and as Trustee of the Demand Right Irrevocable Trust for Bryce A. Bays (May 2016)

Effective: June 18, 1970 History: Created 1970 Ky

(1) Every life insurance policy made payable to or for the benefit of or duly assigned or transferred to a married woman, or to any person in trust for her, shall inure to her separate use and benefit and that of her children, independently of her husband or his creditors or any other person effecting or transferring the policy, or his creditors.

(2) A married woman may, without consent of her husband, contract, pay for, take out and hold a policy on the life or health of her husband or children, or against loss by his or their disablement by accident. The premiums paid on the policy shall be held to have been her separate estate, and the policy shall inure to her separate use and benefit and that of her children, free from any claim of her husband or others.

(3) If the premium on any such policy is paid by any person with intent to defraud his creditors, an amount equal to the premium so paid, with interest thereon, shall inure to the benefit of the creditors, subject to the statute of limitations.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.