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How Kentucky's digital assets law (KRS 395A) ranks who may reach a deceased person's online accounts: the online tool, then the will or POA, then the terms.
Kentucky estate planning basics: the will, durable power of attorney, living will directive, and living trust adults need, plus probate and inheritance tax.
Kentucky requires no executor bond by default under KRS 395.130. A bond is posted only for a public administrator or curator, or when the court orders one.
Kentucky executor duties in order: qualify with the District Court, file the 90-day inventory, clear the six-month creditor bar, pay debts, close the estate.
Kentucky sets apart a $30,000 exempt-property allowance under KRS 391.030 for the surviving spouse, or the surviving children if there is no spouse.
Kentucky guardianship and conservatorship under KRS Chapter 387, explained for disabled adults and minors, plus documents that keep your family out of court.
A Kentucky healthcare directive is one living will directive naming a health care surrogate and stating end-of-life wishes, signed by two witnesses or a notary.
Kentucky levies a state inheritance tax by beneficiary class, not an estate tax. Class A relatives pay nothing; Class B and C owe tax above a small exemption.
Who inherits under Kentucky intestate succession: after the 2026 SB 50 reform the spouse takes the real estate, with dower or curtesy layered on top.
How a Kentucky pet trust works under KRS 386B.4-080: set aside money for an animal alive in your lifetime, name a caregiver, trustee, and enforcer, and fund it.
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