· KY legislature · 2026RS

AN ACT relating to posthumous name changes.

Amend KRS 401.010 to allow a family member of a deceased person to posthumously change the deceased person's name if the name is the result of marriage to a person arrested for or charged with committing an offense intentionally, knowingly, or wantonly, which resulted in the death of the deceased; provide that the…

Sponsor

Vanessa Grossl (R-KY)

Introduced

2026-01-20

Policy area

Law

Latest action

to Judiciary (H)