When any or all of a class first entitled to inherit are dead, leaving descendants, such descendants shall take per stirpes the share of their respective deceased parents.
KRS 391.040
Descendants of distributees take per stirpes
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Land Grantors v. United States (2008)
Most recently applied in Land Grantors v. United States (April 2008)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.