When the proceeding is taken to the Circuit Court, all necessary parties shall be brought before the court by the plaintiff. The final decision given shall, subject to appeal to the Court of Appeals, be a bar to any other proceeding calling the probate or rejection of the will in question. This section does not preclude a court of justice from its jurisdiction to impeach such final decision for any reason that would give it jurisdiction over any other judgment at law.
Effective: July 15, 1980
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 394.260

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will

History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 259, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1980. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 115, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1976 (1st
Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 363, effective January 2, 1978. — Recodified 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4859.

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