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MATHIAS v. MARTIN

No. 2000-SC-1001-DG.

87 S.W.3d 859 (2002)

John Robert MATHIAS, Trustee of the Joseph V. Martin Trust; Lynne Jane Mathias; John Robert Mathias, Her Husband; Roxanne Jo Martin; John Grover Martin; and Elizabeth Martin, His Wife, Appellants, v. Lillian G. MARTIN, Individually and Lillian G. Martin, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph V. Martin, Deceased, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

August 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel B. Turner, Rebecca A. Wood, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Susan Simpson Wettle, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, Counsel for Appellants.

Glen S. Bagby, J. Robert Lyons, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP, Lexington, Counsel for Appellees.

LAMBERT, Chief Justice.

Resolution of this case requires our consideration of whether and to what extent engaged persons acquire dower rights in the property of the other. Immediately prior to the marriage of Joseph V. Martin and Lillian G. Martin, Joseph conveyed valuable real property to an irrevocable trust controlled by him with the effect of preventing Lillian from acquiring any rights in the real property as a result of the marriage. Despite the conveyance and...

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