(a) The Superior Court may, upon petition of any person interested, order the sale of any building and the land upon which it stands, if the title to the land is in one or more persons and has been acquired under the statute of distribution as ancestral estate of the decedent, and the title to the building, erected by the decedent in his lifetime, is in another person or other persons and has been acquired under the statute of distribution, provided the court shall find that the building has materially added to the value of the property over and above the value of the land alone, and that the respective owners are unable to agree upon the purchase, by one from the other, of the land or building.
(b) The court may determine the quantity of land that may be sold with the building in order to promote and preserve the respective interests of the owners.
(c) The court shall, after the sale, determine the value of the land sold, and from the proceeds of the sale there shall be paid to the owner of the land the full value thereof as found by the court. The remainder of the proceeds shall, after the payment of the costs therefrom, be paid to the owner of the building.
(1949 Rev., S. 8237; P.A. 82-160, S. 191.)
History: P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section and inserted Subsec. indicators.
Cited. 5 CA 142.
Cited. 29 CS 465.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
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 52-501. - 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.