Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 919 - Partition or Sale of Real or Personal Property
Section 52-499. - Sale of land to promote the interest of beneficiaries.

(a) The Superior Court may, on application of any trustee under a will admitted to probate in this state, order the sale of any real property within this state, devised to or held by the trustee in trust, whenever it will, in the opinion of the court, best promote the interest of the beneficiaries under the trust, upon notice given to all parties in interest, when the sale is not prohibited by the will. The court may make any orders necessary to protect the rights of all parties in interest and to carry the sale into full effect.

(b) Any application for sale shall be made to the superior court for the judicial district within which the probate district where the will was admitted to probate is situated.
(c) The court shall order the fund realized from the sale to be invested by the trustee, for the benefit of the parties interested in the trust, in such investments authorized by law to be made by the savings banks of this state as to the court seems advisable.
(1949 Rev., S. 8235; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 82-160, S. 189.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; P.A. 82-160 replaced real “estate” with real “property”, rephrased the section and inserted Subsec. indicators.
Cited. 63 C. 135; 108 C. 265; 120 C. 86; 123 C. 256.
Cited. 5 CA 142.
Cited. 29 CS 465; 31 CS 93.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 52 - Civil Actions

Chapter 919 - Partition or Sale of Real or Personal Property

Section 52-495. - Partition of joint and common estates.

Section 52-496. - Devise of freehold with contingent interest; partition.

Section 52-497. - Decrees to be recorded in land records.

Section 52-498. - Sale of land when trust cannot be executed.

Section 52-499. - Sale of land to promote the interest of beneficiaries.

Section 52-500. - Sale or equitable distribution of real or personal property owned by two or more persons. Life estate.

Section 52-501. - Sale of building and land owned by different parties. Disposition of proceeds.

Section 52-502. - Orders to protect parties and effectuate sale. Sale by committee.

Section 52-503. - Partition or sale of property when estate in settlement.

Section 52-503f. - Short title: Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act.

Section 52-503g. - Definitions.

Section 52-503h. - Applicability of provisions.

Section 52-503i. - Service. Notice by posting.

Section 52-503j. - Committee members.

Section 52-503k. - Determination of value.

Section 52-503l. - Cotenant buyout.

Section 52-503m. - Partition alternatives.

Section 52-503n. - Considerations for partition in kind.

Section 52-503o. - Open-market sale. Sealed bids. Auction.

Section 52-503p. - Report of open-market sale.

Section 52-503q. - Uniformity of application and construction.

Section 52-503r. - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.