Form AOC-830 Petition / Order to Dispense With Administration (Surviving Spouse / Children / Preferred Creditor) - Kentucky

How to File a Small Estate Affidavit in Kentucky?

Here is how you can arrange the settlement of a small estate in Kentucky if the owner has not left any instructions:

1. Confirm you are submitting the necessary documentation in line with state regulations . While you are not obliged to wait for weeks or months after the passing of the estate owner, you have to certify the total value of the estate does not exceed $30.000 and only includes personal items and money and sign the papers before a notary public.
2. Estate Affidavit Form . It has to contain the following elements: the number of the case assigned to the estate by the local district court that handles the probate proceedings in your county, the county and the court that will make a decision regarding the estate settlement, the name of the deceased individual, the dates of their birth and death, their address at the time of death and a social security number. Confirm the person in question passed away with or without preparing a will, list their assets, verify your own status before filing the affidavit, include the request to open the probate proceedings if necessary, record the names of creditors, debts, and expenses you still have to deal with before distributing the assets, write down your name, age, and contact information. If you are not a surviving spouse or child of the estate owner, you need to ask these people to approve your plans to settle the estate before you bring the affidavit to a notary public. In case a legal professional completed the form, they need to sign it as well.
3. Go to a district court and give an affidavit to a clerk - they will be able to tell you the processing time of the form.