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KY SB50

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/5/2026

Primary Sponsor

Brandon Storm

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Specifies surviving spouse's share of real property and surplus personalty in intestate estates, updating inheritance distribution rules under KRS 391.010 and 392.020

  • Increases penalty for fiduciaries failing to file inventory or account from $10 to $100, and requires monthly reporting by court clerks on delinquent filings

  • Establishes flat fee of $33 for recording wills or probate documents with county clerks, plus $4 tax per recorded will

  • Enacts the Uniform Electronic Wills Act and Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act, allowing legally valid electronic execution of wills and estate planning documents

  • Creates the Kentucky Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act providing creditor protection for qualified trusts, with exceptions for child support, spousal maintenance, and marital property division

  • Enacts the Uniform Directed Trust Act and Uniform Trust Decanting Act establishing rules for trust directors' fiduciary duties and allowing authorized fiduciaries to modify trust terms by distributing assets to a second trust

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to the disposition of property.

Courts, District

Last Action

to Committee on Committees (H)

3/5/2026

Committee Referrals

Committee On Committees3/5/2026
Rules2/23/2026
Appropriations and Revenue2/20/2026
Rules2/20/2026
Judiciary2/17/2026
Committee on Committees2/17/2026

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