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KRS 342.085

Definition of certain dependents

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Simpson v. Simpson (1979)

Most recently applied in Himes v. United States (July 2011)

Effective: July 13, 1984

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Child" includes stepchildren, legally adopted children, posthumous children and recognized children born out of wedlock, but does not include married children unless actually dependent;

(2) "Brother" and "sister" includes stepbrothers, stepsisters and brothers and sisters of the half blood or by adoption, but excludes married brothers or sisters unless actually dependent;

(3) "Grandchild" includes children of adopted children or stepchildren, but excludes stepchildren of children or of adopted children and married children;

(4) "Parent" includes stepparents and parents by adoption; and (5) "Adopted" and "adoption" include cases where the persons are legally adopted.

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