Joint tenants may be compelled to make partition, and when a joint tenant dies, the joint tenant's part of the joint estate, real or personal, shall descend to the joint tenant's heirs, or pass by devise, or go to the joint tenant's personal representative, subject to debts, curtesy, dower, or distribution.
KRS 381.120
Joint tenants -- Partition -- Death of one
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Sanderson v. Saxon (1992)
Most recently applied in Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr. (April 2017)
Effective: July 15, 1998 History: Amended 1998 Ky
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