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Home » US Law » 2021 Kansas Statutes » Chapter 59 - Probate Code » Article 4 - Homestead And Family Allowances

59-401 Homestead.

59-401. Homestead. A homestead to the extent of 160 acres of land lying without, or of one acre lying within, the limits of an incorporated city, or a manufactured home or mobile home, occupied by the decedent and family, at the time of the owner’s death, as a residence, and continued to be so occupied […]

59-402 Same; partition.

59-402. Same; partition. The homestead shall not be subject to forced partition unless the surviving spouse remarries, nor until all the children arrive at the age of majority. History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 20; July 1.

59-403 Allowance to spouse and minor children.

59-403. Allowance to spouse and minor children. When a resident of the state dies, testate or intestate, the surviving spouse shall be allowed, for the benefit of such spouse and the decedent’s minor children during the period of their minority, from the personal or real property of which the decedent was possessed or to which […]

59-404 Effect of election to take under will by spouse.

59-404. Effect of election to take under will by spouse. The surviving spouse, by electing to take under the will of the decedent or by consenting thereto, does not waive the homestead right nor the right to such allowance, unless it clearly appears from the will that the provision therein made for such spouse was […]