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Last action · January 28, 2026

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Introduced January 20, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB434

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 order of priority of family members is the same as in KRS 367.93117.

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This bill would allow certain family members to legally change the name of a deceased person after death, specifically when that person's name came from a marriage to someone who was arrested for or charged with causing that person's death. The change would follow an established priority order for which family members can act. This gives surviving family a legal path to restore a loved one's prior name in cases where their death may have…

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