394.480 Contribution when curtesy or dower taken from devise.
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(1)When a widower's curtesy or widow's dower is taken, or the survivor's portion is
made up, in whole or in part, from the estate devised to a devisee, such devisee shall
have contribution on the principles of KRS 394.420 to 394.490 unless the will
otherwise directs, or it is necessarily to be inferred therefrom that the testator
intended the same to fall on such devisee.
(2)When a widower or widow loses his jointure by a defect of title, or renounces it in
legal manner, and his dower, curtesy or portion is assigned or made up in whole or
in part from the estate devised to a devisee, that devisee shall have contribution on
the principles of KRS 394.420 to 394.490.