59-401. Homestead. - Kansas Statutes

59-401

Chapter 59.--PROBATE CODE Article 4.--HOMESTEAD AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES

      59-401.   Homestead.A homestead to the extent of 160 acres of landlying without, or of one acre lying within, the limits of anincorporated city, or a manufactured home or mobile home, occupied by the decedent andfamily, at the time of the owner's death, as a residence, and continuedto be so occupied by the surviving spouse and children, after suchdeath, together with all the improvements on the same, shall be whollyexempt from distribution under any of the laws of this state, and fromthe payment of the debts of the decedent, but it shall not be exemptfrom sale for taxes thereon, or for the payment of obligationscontracted for the purchase thereof, or for the erection of improvementsthereon, or for the payment of any lien given thereon by the jointconsent of husband and wife. The title to the homestead property of adecedent shall pass the same as the title to other property of thedecedent.

      History:   L. 1939, ch. 180, § 19; L. 1953, ch. 272, § 1; L. 1979,ch. 178, § 1;L. 1991, ch. 33, § 34; July 1.