392.100 Dower or curtesy rights in event of bigamy. If a person violates KRS 530.010 the person's first spouse shall, on his conviction, be endowed of one -third (1/3) part of his real estate for life and an absolute interest in one - third (1/3) part of his other estate, to be allotted and recovered as dower or curtesy in other cases. A violator of KRS 530.010 shall forfeit her claim to dower or his claim to curtesy in their first spouse's estate. Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 81; and ch. 406, sec. 313, effective Janua ry 1, 1975. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1217. Legislative Research Commission Note . This section was amended by two 1974 acts which do not appear to be in conflict and have been compiled toge ther.
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