Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure

Section 45a-3 to 45a-6. (Formerly Secs. 45-1d to 45-1g). - Probate district of Griswold established. Probate district of West Hartford established. Probate district of Woodbridge established. Probate district of Bloomfield established. - Sections 45a-3 to 45a-6, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 5,...

Section 45a-6a to 45a-6k. - Probate district of Eastford established. Probate district of Stafford established. Probate district of Mansfield established. Probate district of New Hartford established. Probate district of Woodbury established. Probate... - Sections 45a-6a to 45a-6k, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 5,...

Section 45a-7. (Formerly Sec. 45-3). - Where court held. - A court of probate may be held in any town...

Section 45a-7a. - Probate Court to remit fees, expenses and income to State Treasurer to be credited to Probate Court Administration Fund. Exceptions. Escrow. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

Section 45a-8. (Formerly Sec. 45-12). - Probate Court facilities. Allocation of expenses to towns. Minimum standards. Failure to provide suitable facilities. Consolidation, separation and creation of probate districts. - (a) The town or towns comprising each probate district shall...

Section 45a-8a. - Regional Children's Probate Courts. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “children's matters” means:...

Section 45a-8b. - Extended family guardianship and assisted care pilot program. Regulations. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator shall establish, within available appropriations,...

Section 45a-8c. - Truancy clinic. Administration. Policies and procedures. Report. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator may, within available appropriations, establish...

Section 45a-8d. - Employment of a family specialist by a Probate Court or Regional Children's Probate Court. Duties of family specialist. - (a) As used in this section, “family specialist” means a...

Section 45a-9. (Formerly Sec. 45-13). - Indexes. - A general index shall be kept in each probate court...

Section 45a-9a. - Access to data processing system or information stored in data processing system. Fee schedule. - Any person seeking on-line access to any data processing system...

Section 45a-10. (Formerly Sec. 45-14). - Fire-resistant safe or vault. Office space to be provided for records. Duties of Public Records Administrator and State Librarian re compliance. - (a) Each judge of probate shall keep the records and...

Section 45a-11. (Formerly Sec. 45-15). - Certification of records and files. - The records and files of any court of probate may...

Section 45a-12. (Formerly Sec. 45-16). - Copies of probate records required by United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be furnished. - When a copy of any probate record is required by...

Section 45a-18. (Formerly Sec. 45-5). - Election of judges. Term of office. Clerks. Judges first elected or with break in service on or after January 5, 2011, to be members of state bar. - (a) There shall be a court of probate in each...

Section 45a-19. (Formerly Sec. 45-6). - Electoral status of judges. - Each judge of probate shall be an elector of a...

Section 45a-20. (Formerly Sec. 45-4k). - Payment of three-judge court. - When a three-judge court is appointed by the Probate Court...

Section 45a-21. (Formerly Sec. 45-4c). - Court employees to serve at pleasure of judge. - Probate Court employees shall not be deemed state employees and...

Section 45a-22. (Formerly Sec. 45-8). - Disqualification of judge and of corporation of which he is director or officer. - When there is so near a relationship between any deceased...

Section 45a-23. (Formerly Sec. 45-8a). - Use of office or confidential information for financial gain prohibited. - No judge of probate shall use his public office or...

Section 45a-24. (Formerly Sec. 45-9). - Validity of orders, judgments and decrees. - Every order, judgment or decree of a court of probate...

Section 45a-25. (Formerly Sec. 45-11b). - Probate judge not to appear as attorney in contested matter in probate court. - (a) A judge of probate shall not appear as attorney...

Section 45a-26. (Formerly Sec. 45-11c). - Partner or associate of probate judge not to practice law in judge's court. - A partner or associate of a judge of probate shall...

Section 45a-27. - Training program required for judges. Curriculum established by Probate Court Administrator. - (a) Each person who is elected to a first term...

Section 45a-27a. - Failure to complete training within required time. Request for extension. Referral to Council on Probate Judicial Conduct for failure to maintain professional competence. - (a) If a probate judge is unable to complete training...

Section 45a-34. (Formerly Sec. 45-29a). - Definitions. - The following words and phrases as used in sections 45a-34...

Section 45a-35. (Formerly Sec. 45-29b). - Probate Judges and Employees Retirement Fund. - The Connecticut Probate Judges and Employees Retirement Fund is established,...

Section 45a-36. (Formerly Sec. 45-29c). - Retirement qualifications. - (a) Judges of probate courts in office on or after...

Section 45a-36a. - Retirement credit for judge in office on or after October 1, 1997, whose probate district is merged on or before January 5, 2011, and who is not reelected. - Any judge of probate in office on or after October...

Section 45a-37. (Formerly Sec. 45-29d). - Retirement date. - (a) Any employee of a court of probate shall be...

Section 45a-38. (Formerly Sec. 45-29e). - Retirement of employee after ten years of service. - (a) If any employee of a court of probate is...

Section 45a-39. (Formerly Sec. 45-29f). - Retirement of judge after ten years of service. - If any judge of probate is separated after January 1,...

Section 45a-40. (Formerly Sec. 45-29g). - Disability retirement. - (a) Any employee or judge of probate who has completed...

Section 45a-41. (Formerly Sec. 45-29h). - Retirement allowance. Annual adjustments in retirement allowances. - (a) After retirement in accordance with the provisions of sections...

Section 45a-42. (Formerly Sec. 45-29i). - Reemployment after retirement. - An employee who is retired under sections 45a-34 to 45a-53,...

Section 45a-43. (Formerly Sec. 45-29j). - Husband and wife retirement income option. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section...

Section 45a-44. (Formerly Sec. 45-29k). - Retirement contributions of employees. - (a) Each employee shall contribute to the fund three and...

Section 45a-45. (Formerly Sec. 45-29l). - Retirement contributions of judges. - (a) Each judge of probate shall contribute to the fund...

Section 45a-46. (Formerly Sec. 45-29m). - Refund of contributions after death. - (a) A member's contributions to the fund, without interest and...

Section 45a-47. (Formerly Sec. 45-29n). - Employment by more than one probate court. - (a) Any employee of a court of probate who accepts...

Section 45a-48. (Formerly Sec. 45-29o). - Benefits not assignable. - Any assignment by a member or beneficiary of any allowance...

Section 45a-49. (Formerly Sec. 45-29p). - Disposition of retirement contributions. - All contributions received pursuant to sections 45a-34 to 45a-52, inclusive,...

Section 45a-50. (Formerly Sec. 45-29q). - Administration of retirement allowances. - (a) The administration of the system of retirement allowances herein...

Section 45a-51. (Formerly Sec. 45-29r). - Liability of courts. - (a) Each court of probate shall be liable to the...

Section 45a-52. (Formerly Sec. 45-29s). - Liability of retirement fund in event of statutory change. - If any of sections 45a-34 to 45a-52, inclusive, are amended...

Section 45a-53. (Formerly Sec. 45-29t). - Service as judge and employee. - If a person has served as a judge of probate,...

Section 45a-54. (Formerly Sec. 45-29w). - Credit for military service and General Assembly service. - (a) Any judge or employee who is not yet receiving...

Section 45a-55. (Formerly Sec. 45-29x). - Pension claims. Denial. Review. - (a) Any claim for a pension which may become available...

Section 45a-56. (Formerly Sec. 45-29y). - Hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance and dental insurance plan. Eligibility. Payment of premium. Election to participate in dental insurance plan. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5-259, the Comptroller, with...

Section 45a-57. - Hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance plan. Eligibility. Payment of premium. - Section 45a-57 is repealed, effective January 1, 1997. (P.A. 93-232,...

Section 45a-62. (Formerly Sec. 45-11d). - Council on Probate Judicial Conduct. - (a) There shall be a Council on Probate Judicial Conduct...

Section 45a-63. (Formerly Sec. 45-11e). - Duties and powers of council re complaints against probate judges, probate magistrates, attorney probate referees and judicial candidates. - (a) The Council on Probate Judicial Conduct shall investigate every...

Section 45a-63a. - Time limitation re complaint for misconduct. - No complaint for misconduct shall be brought under section 45a-63...

Section 45a-64. (Formerly Sec. 45-11f). - Hearing. - If a preliminary investigation indicates that probable cause exists that...

Section 45a-65. (Formerly Sec. 45-11g). - Council's report of its investigation and recommendation re discipline or exoneration of respondent. - (a) The council shall, after the hearing provided under section...

Section 45a-66. (Formerly Sec. 45-11h). - Witnesses before council. - Any person may be compelled, by subpoena signed by competent...

Section 45a-67. (Formerly Sec. 45-11i). - Expenses of council paid from probate fund. - Any sums expended to implement the provisions of sections 45a-62...

Section 45a-68. (Formerly Sec. 45-11j). - Probate judge to file statement of financial interests. - (a) Each probate judge shall file under penalty of false...

Section 45a-74. (Formerly Sec. 45-3a). - Probate Court Administrator. Appointment and term. Service as a judge of probate. - (a) There shall be a Probate Court Administrator who shall...

Section 45a-75. (Formerly Sec. 45-29u). - Probate Court Administrator, salary and benefits. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator shall be paid by the...

Section 45a-76. (Formerly Sec. 45-4e). - Biennial report by Probate Court Administrator. - The Probate Court Administrator shall file with the Chief Court...

Section 45a-77. (Formerly Sec. 45-4d). - Powers and duties of Probate Court Administrator. Regulations. Review of Probate Court procedures. Examination of Probate Court records and files. Training in diseases and disorders affecting judgment. Adoptio... - (a) The Probate Court Administrator may attend to any matters...

Section 45a-78. (Formerly Sec. 45-4f). - Rules of procedure for the Probate Courts. Adoption, publication and sale. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator shall, from time to time,...

Section 45a-79. (Formerly Sec. 45-4g). - Probate judges and court employees to cooperate with administrator. - The judges and employees of the various courts of probate,...

Section 45a-79a. - Probate Court Administrator's powers re deficiencies in court conduct or facilities. Hearings. Regulations. Appeals. - (a) If the Probate Court Administrator determines that the business...

Section 45a-79b. - Special assignment probate judges. - (a) There shall be special assignment probate judges appointed by...

Section 45a-79c. - Court of probate business hours. - (a) A court of probate shall be open to the...

Section 45a-80. (Formerly Sec. 45-4a). - Office space. - (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall provide such office...

Section 45a-81. (Formerly Sec. 45-4b). - Assistants and clerical help for Probate Court Administrator. - (a) Subject to the approval of the Chief Court Administrator,...

Section 45a-82. (Formerly Sec. 45-4h). - Probate Court Administration Fund. Transfers to retirement fund, General Fund and probate courts. Notice re sound actuarial basis of retirement fund. Annual accounting. - (a) The Probate Court Administration Fund is established, to consist...

Section 45a-83. (Formerly Sec. 45-4i). - Payment of expenses. Transfers from General Fund. - If at any time the fund established under section 45a-82...

Section 45a-84. - Probate Court Administrator to prepare proposed budget annually. Review by Probate Assembly. Proposed final budget transmitted to Chief Court Administrator for approval. Requests and authorization re additional expenditures. Report... - (a)(1) On or before April first of each year, the...

Section 45a-85. - Probate Court Budget Committee. Duties. Transfer and use of funds for Probate Court's office budget. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator shall establish a Probate Court...

Section 45a-90. (Formerly Sec. 45-24). - Connecticut Probate Assembly. Meetings. Powers and duties. - (a) There shall be an assembly of the elected and...

Section 45a-91. (Formerly Sec. 45-25). - Officers and committees. - The officers and committees of said assembly and their duties...

Section 45a-92. (Formerly Sec. 45-26). - Payments to State Treasurer. - (a) Payments to State Treasurer established. Each person who is...

Section 45a-93. (Formerly Sec. 45-25a). - Payments to probate judges who leave office or die while in office. Exceptions. - (a)(1) If a judge of probate leaves office or dies...

Section 45a-94. (Formerly Sec. 45-25b). - Temporary funding of probate court. Conditions. Term of loan. Interest. - Section 45a-94 is repealed, effective January 5, 2011. (P.A. 87-187,...

Section 45a-95. - Compensation of probate judges on and after January 5, 2011: Definitions. - As used in this section and section 45a-95a: (1) “Band...

Section 45a-95a. - Compensation of probate judges on and after January 5, 2011. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this title concerning compensation for...

Chapter 801a - Probate Court: Jurisdiction, Powers

Section 45a-98. (Formerly Sec. 45-4). - General powers. - (a) Probate Courts in their respective districts shall have the...

Section 45a-98a. - Jurisdiction of Probate Court to determine title or rights or to construe instruments. Limitations. Affidavit of intent to claim jury trial, effect on Probate Court proceedings. - (a) The Probate Court shall have jurisdiction under subdivision (3),...

Section 45a-98b. - Power to issue order for disclosure of relevant medical information. - In any proceeding before a court of probate, the court...

Section 45a-98c. - Authority of Probate Court to serve as passport acceptance agency. - The judge of each Probate Court may elect to have...

Section 45a-98d. - Probate Court authority to transfer or dismiss a petition, application or motion for lack of jurisdiction. Transfer of file. - (a) If a Probate Court finds, after notice and hearing...

Section 45a-98e. - State agency recognition and application of Probate Court order, denial or decree. - To the extent permitted by federal law, each state agency...

Section 45a-99. (Formerly Sec. 45-3b). - Jurisdiction to grant change of name. Exceptions. Requirements re offenders required to register with Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Commissioner's standing to challenge change of na... - (a) The courts of probate shall have concurrent jurisdiction with...

Section 45a-100. - Power to grant relief from federal firearms disability. - (a) Any person having a federal firearms disability under 18...

Chapter 801b - Probate Court Procedures

Section 45a-105. - Uniform fees in Probate Courts. - The fees charged by Probate Courts shall be uniform for...

Section 45a-106. - Entry fees. Basic fees other than for decedent's estates and fiduciary accountings. Fee for motion to appear pro hac vice. - Section 45a-106 is repealed, effective January 1, 2016. (P.A. 90-146,...

Section 45a-106a. - Fees in matters other than decedent's estate and fiduciary accountings. - (a) The fees set forth in this section apply to...

Section 45a-107. - Fees and expenses for settlement of decedent's estate. Interest on unpaid fees. Exception. - (a) The basic fees for all proceedings in the settlement...

Section 45a-107a. - Development of method of determination of gross estate for purposes of computation of cost for settlement of estates. - Section 45a-107a is repealed, effective July 1, 2012. (P.A. 95-256,...

Section 45a-107b. - Lien on real property for fees imposed in the settlement of decedent's estate. Release of lien by Probate Court. Petition for release of lien. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Bona fide purchaser”...

Section 45a-108. - Fees for accounting other than with respect to a decedent's estate. Fee for motion to appear pro hac vice. - Section 45a-108 is repealed, effective January 1, 2016. (P.A. 90-146,...

Section 45a-108a. - Fees for accounting in matters other than decedent's estate. - (a) On or after January 1, 2016, the basic fee...

Section 45a-109. - Miscellaneous fees: Recordings, notices, service of process, copies. - In addition to the basic fees specified in sections 45a-106a,...

Section 45a-110. - Persons responsible for payment of fees and expenses. - (a) With respect to a decedent's estate, the fees and...

Section 45a-111. - Exemptions, waivers and reduction of fees and expenses. - (a) No fee or expense shall be charged for any...

Section 45a-112. - Filing fee and other fees and expenses when state is applicant, petitioner or moving party. - When the state or any of its agencies is an...

Section 45a-113. - Payment of costs by credit card. Service fee. - Section 45a-113 is repealed, effective June 6, 2014. (P.A. 10-184,...

Section 45a-113a. - Refund for overpayment of costs. - Whenever a Probate Court determines that a refund is due...

Section 45a-113b. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Payment of fees by credit card, charge card, debit card or electronic funds transfer. Service fee. - Each court of probate may allow the payment of any...

Section 45a-113c. - Liens upon real estate that are deemed released. - (a) Any lien upon real estate situated in this state...

Section 45a-119. (Formerly Sec. 45-7). - Judge may call assistance. - In the determination of any matter pending before a court...

Section 45a-120. (Formerly Sec. 45-10). - Citation of another judge. - If any judge of probate declines to act or is...

Section 45a-121. (Formerly Sec. 45-11). - Judge cited may issue order in his own district. - Any judge of probate who is cited and qualified to...

Section 45a-122. (Formerly Sec. 45-4j). - Three-judge court for probate matters. Appointment. Powers and duties. - Section 45a-122 is repealed, effective October 1, 2015. (P.A. 81-349,...

Section 45a-123. (Formerly Sec. 45-22). - Referral to probate magistrate or attorney probate referee. Report. Hearing. Court decree. - (a)(1) In any matter pending in any court of probate,...

Section 45a-123a. - Probate magistrates. Attorney probate referees. Qualifications. Nomination and appointment. Compensation. - (a)(1) There shall be probate magistrates for the purpose of...

Section 45a-124. (Formerly Sec. 45-30). - Giving of orders of notice. - Any order of notice of a hearing or notice of...

Section 45a-125. (Formerly Sec. 45-31). - Manner of notice to be fixed by order of court. - Courts of probate may make any proper order for notice...

Section 45a-126. (Formerly Sec. 45-32). - Giving of public notice. - (a) Whenever public notice is required in any proceeding in,...

Section 45a-127. (Formerly Sec. 45-33). - Special notice to be given on written request. - (a) Any person who is interested in any estate, trust...

Section 45a-128. (Formerly Sec. 45-20). - Reconsideration, modification or revocation of order or decree. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section,...

Section 45a-129. (Formerly Sec. 45-262). - Examination of witnesses. - Any court of probate may, on its own motion or...

Section 45a-130. (Formerly Sec. 45-19). - Return of compliance with order of court. - When a court of probate orders any person to do...

Section 45a-131. (Formerly Sec. 45-16b). - Participation of employees of certain state agencies in proceedings. - In any proceeding in the Probate Court in which the...

Section 45a-132. (Formerly Sec. 45-54). - Appointment of guardian ad litem for minors and incompetent, undetermined and unborn persons. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of...

Section 45a-132a. - Examination of allegedly incapable party. Refusal to undergo examination. Expense. - In any matter before a Probate Court in which the...

Section 45a-133. (Formerly Sec. 45-18). - Adjournment of court in absence of judge. - Whenever a court of probate assigns a time for a...

Section 45a-134. - Decisions of probate court in contested cases. Time limit. - Any judge of a probate court who has commenced a...

Section 45a-135. - Matter before probate court may be proved by statement in writing subscribed under penalty of false statement. Form. - Whenever, under any provision of the general statutes or under...

Section 45a-136. - Recording of proceedings when recording not otherwise required. - Whenever, in any court of probate, a recording of the...

Section 45a-136f. - eFiling system. Definitions. Electronic service of documents by registered filers. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “eFiling system” means...

Section 45a-139. (Formerly Sec. 45-34a). - Probate bonds. Waiver, when. - (a) As used in this title, except as otherwise provided,...

Section 45a-140. (Formerly Sec. 45-37). - Prohibition on judges, officers and employees of Probate Court acting as sureties or issuing probate bonds. - A judge of probate or officer or employee of any...

Section 45a-141. (Formerly Sec. 45-35). - Substitution of new bond. - (a) The principal or the surety, or the heirs, executors...

Section 45a-142. (Formerly Sec. 45-39). - Filing and recording bonds. - The Court of Probate shall cause all bonds taken by...

Section 45a-143. (Formerly Sec. 45-36). - Examination of estate. Removal of principal. - (a) The surety upon any bond taken by any court...

Section 45a-144. (Formerly Sec. 45-40). - Action on probate bond by aggrieved person. - (a) Any person claiming to be aggrieved by the breach...

Section 45a-145. (Formerly Sec. 45-41). - Enforcement of judgment on bond. - (a) Any representative of an estate or any person suing...

Section 45a-151. (Formerly Sec. 45-231). - Compromise and settlement of claims. Conveyance of real property. - (a) Upon application by executors, guardians, conservators, administrators and trustees...

Section 45a-152. (Formerly Sec. 45-268a). - Suit upon claims. Time limitation. - When any guardian, conservator or testamentary or other trustee required...

Section 45a-153. (Formerly Sec. 45-232). - Submission of claims to arbitration. - (a) An executor, administrator, conservator, guardian or trustee appointed, or...

Section 45a-154. (Formerly Sec. 45-233). - Award of arbitrators. - The award made upon submission to arbitration shall be in...

Section 45a-155. (Formerly Sec. 45-234). - Remonstrance against award. Refusal of court to accept award. - Any party interested may remonstrate against the acceptance of the...

Section 45a-156. (Formerly Sec. 45-235). - Costs of arbitration. - (a) The fees for the services of the judge of...

Section 45a-162. (Formerly Sec. 45-236). - Sale of choses in action and other property. - Before the final settlement of any estate, the Court of...

Section 45a-163. (Formerly Sec. 45-237). - Sale of personal property by other than fiduciary. - (a) Upon the written application of any fiduciary described in...

Section 45a-164. (Formerly Sec. 45-238). - Sale or mortgage of real property. - (a) Upon the written application of the conservator of the...

Section 45a-165. (Formerly Sec. 45-243). - Sale or mortgage of real property by successor to original appointee or survivor of appointees. - (a) When any conservator, guardian, administrator, executor or trustee, who...

Section 45a-166. (Formerly Sec. 45-241). - Public or private sale of real property. Distribution of proceeds. Validation of sale. - (a) The Court of Probate in ordering a sale under...

Section 45a-167. (Formerly Sec. 45-244). - Sale of real property by other than fiduciary. - (a) Any court of probate to which an application to...

Section 45a-168. (Formerly Sec. 45-242). - Mortgage of real property: Amount and interest rate. Liability of fiduciary. - (a) An application to mortgage real property made under the...

Section 45a-169. (Formerly Sec. 45-240). - When probate bond not required. - The Court of Probate may dispense with the requirement of...

Section 45a-175. (Formerly Sec. 45-267). - Jurisdiction of accounts of fiduciaries. Appointment of auditor to examine accounts, when. - (a) Probate Courts shall have jurisdiction of the interim and...

Section 45a-176. (Formerly Sec. 45-267a). - Financial report by fiduciary in lieu of account. Release from liability. - If a fiduciary is permitted to submit a financial report...

Section 45a-177. (Formerly Sec. 45-268). - Periodic rendering of accounts; hearing. Exceptions. - (a) All conservators, guardians and trustees of testamentary trusts, unless...

Section 45a-178. (Formerly Sec. 45-269). - Allowance of interim accounts. Notice and hearing. - The Court of Probate shall direct what notice, if any,...

Section 45a-179. (Formerly Sec. 45-270). - Notice and hearing on final accounts. - (a) When a conservator, guardian or trustee of a testamentary...

Section 45a-180. (Formerly Sec. 45-271). - Settlement of account of deceased fiduciary. - Whenever an executor, administrator, conservator, guardian or trustee of any...

Section 45a-181. - Probate Court Administrator's authority re auditing account of conservator of the estate. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator, within available appropriations, may cause...

Section 45a-186. (Formerly Sec. 45-288). - Appeals from probate. Venue. Service of process. Referral to special assignment probate judge. - (a) As used in this section and section 45a-187, “electronic...

Section 45a-186a. - Appeal from probate court after a hearing on the record. Transcripts. Expense. - (a) In an appeal from an order, denial or decree...

Section 45a-186b. - Appeal from probate court after a hearing on the record: Standard of review. - In an appeal taken under section 45a-186 from a matter...

Section 45a-186c. - Appeal from probate court: Costs; waiver; tolling of appeal period. - (a) In an appeal taken under section 45a-186, costs may...

Section 45a-187. (Formerly Sec. 45-289). - Time of taking appeals. - (a) An appeal by persons of the age of majority...

Section 45a-188. (Formerly Sec. 45-291). - Timing of taking appeals by minors. - (a) Except as provided in this section, all appeals by...

Section 45a-189. (Formerly Sec. 45-290). - Amendment to appeal. - Section 45a-189 is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (1955, S....

Section 45a-190. (Formerly Sec. 45-292). - Appeals from actions of commissioners. - Section 45a-190 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 45a-191 and 45a-192. (Formerly Secs. 45-293 and 45-294). - Interest of appellant to be stated. Order of notice. - Sections 45a-191 and 45a-192 are repealed, effective October 1, 2007....

Section 45a-193. (Formerly Sec. 45-295). - Appellee to give bond in Superior Court. - (a) In any appeal from any order or decree of...

Chapter 802 - Fiduciaries

Section 45a-199. (Formerly Sec. 45-21a). - “Fiduciary” defined. - As used in sections 45a-186c, 45a-202 to 45a-208, inclusive, and...

Section 45a-200. (Formerly Sec. 45-195b). - Fiduciary certificate effective for one year. - A certificate of the appointment of a fiduciary issued by...

Section 45a-202. (Formerly Sec. 45-21). - When payments by fiduciaries protected. - (a) Any person, acting as a fiduciary as defined by...

Section 45a-203. (Formerly Sec. 45-88). - Investment of funds. - (a) Investments permitted. Trust funds, received or held by trustees,...

Section 45a-204. (Formerly Sec. 45-89). - Investments may be maintained as received. - Trust funds received by executors, trustees, guardians or conservators may...

Section 45a-205. (Formerly Sec. 45-259). - Fiduciary powers re increase in capital stock assets of estate. - Whenever any fiduciary holds shares of the stock of any...

Section 45a-206. (Formerly Sec. 45-191). - Right of foreign corporation to be executor or trustee. Requirements. Bond. - (a) Any foreign corporation authorized by its charter to act...

Section 45a-207. (Formerly Sec. 45-193). - Investments held by foreign corporation as executor or trustee; use of nominee. - (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all investments...

Section 45a-208. (Formerly Sec. 45-100q). - Authorization to deposit securities in clearing corporation. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any fiduciary, as...

Section 45a-209. - Investments in securities of open-end or closed-end management investment companies or investment trusts. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to...

Section 45a-214 to 45a-227. (Formerly Secs. 45-350 to 45-363). - Principal and Income Act, generally. - Sections 45a-214 to 45a-227, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1,...

Section 45a-233. (Formerly Sec. 45-100d). - Construction of statutes in this part. - (a) Definitions. As used in sections 45a-233 to 45a-236, inclusive,...

Section 45a-234. (Formerly Sec. 45-100e). - Powers. - Powers. The following powers may be incorporated by reference as...

Section 45a-235. (Formerly Sec. 45-100f). - Additional powers. - Additional Powers. Any one or more or all of the...

Section 45a-236. (Formerly Sec. 45-100g). - Short title: Fiduciary Powers Act. - Sections 45a-233 to 45a-236, inclusive, shall be known as the...

Section 45a-242. (Formerly Sec. 45-263). - Removal, resignation and replacement of fiduciary. - (a) The Probate Court having jurisdiction may, upon its own...

Section 45a-243. (Formerly Sec. 45-264). - Appeal from removal of fiduciary. Effect on successor fiduciary. - (a) When any fiduciary has been removed by a court...

Section 45a-244. (Formerly Sec. 45-265). - Enforcement of delivery of estate to successor. - Any court of probate, after the removal of any fiduciary...

Section 45a-245. - Removal of fiduciary. Closure for dormancy. - In any case involving a conservatorship, guardianship of the estate...

Section 45a-245a. - Successor fiduciary substituted for corporate fiduciary. - (a) As used in this section, “corporate fiduciary” means a...

Chapter 802a - Wills: Execution and Construction

Section 45a-250. (Formerly Sec. 45-160). - Who may make a will. - Any person eighteen years of age or older, and of...

Section 45a-251. (Formerly Sec. 45-161). - Making and execution of wills. Wills executed outside the state. - A will or codicil shall not be valid to pass...

Section 45a-257. (Formerly Sec. 45-162). - Revocation of will. - Except as provided by sections 45a-257a to 45a-257d, inclusive, a...

Section 45a-257a. - Failure of testator to provide for surviving spouse who married testator after execution of will. Determination of share of estate. - (a) If a testator fails to provide by will for...

Section 45a-257b. - Failure of testator to provide for children born or adopted after execution of will. Determination of share of estate. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 45a-257c. - Marriage of testator terminated after execution of will. Provisions of will re former spouse revoked. - If, after executing a will, the testator's marriage is terminated...

Section 45a-257d. - Effect of provisions re revocation of will to be construed by probate courts. - Courts of probate may construe the effect of the provisions...

Section 45a-257e. - Revocation of will executed on or after October 1, 1967, and prior to January 1, 1997. - Any will executed on or after October 1, 1967, and...

Section 45a-257f. - Revocation of will executed on or after January 1, 1997. - The provisions of sections 45a-257a to 45a-257c, inclusive, shall be...

Section 45a-258. (Formerly Sec. 45-172). - Devise or bequest to subscribing witness. - Every devise or bequest given in any will or codicil...

Section 45a-259. (Formerly Sec. 45-173). - Reference to document creating trust. - The reference in a will or codicil to a trust...

Section 45a-260. (Formerly Sec. 45-173a). - Uniform Testamentary Additions to Trusts Act. - (a) A will may validly devise or bequeath property to...

Section 45a-261. (Formerly Sec. 45-160a). - Effect of devise of all real property. - Every devise purporting to convey all the real property of...

Section 45a-262. (Formerly Sec. 45-161a). - Words of inheritance apply to child born through assisted reproduction and child of decedent conceived and born after death of decedent. - (a) The words “child”, “children”, “issue”, “descendants”, “descendant”, “heirs”, “heir”,...

Section 45a-263. (Formerly Sec. 45-162a). - “Majority” defined for wills executed prior to October 1, 1972. - When the word “majority” is used in a will executed...

Section 45a-264. (Formerly Sec. 45-174a). - Reference to Internal Revenue Code. - A devise or bequest, outright or in trust, given in...

Section 45a-265. (Formerly Sec. 45-174). - Gift to spouse; reference to federal provisions re estate tax and marital deduction. - When any will, offered for probate in this state, makes...

Section 45a-266. (Formerly Sec. 45-175a). - Encumbrances on property of decedent or on proceeds of insurance policy on life of decedent not chargeable against assets of decedent's estate. - (a) Where any property, subject to any lien, security interest...

Section 45a-267. (Formerly Sec. 45-184). - Bequest of perishable property for life or years. - When a testator, by his will, bequeaths the use, for...

Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates:

Section 45a-273. (Formerly Sec. 45-266). - Settlement of small estates without probate of will or letters of administration. - (a) If the aggregate value of a decedent's solely owned...

Section 45a-274. (Formerly Sec. 45-266a). - Payment of medical or health benefits. - When any decedent is entitled to payment of medical benefits,...

Section 45a-275. (Formerly Sec. 45-266b). - Applicability of statutes. - Sections 45a-273 and 45a-274 shall apply only to estates of...

Section 45a-276. (Formerly Sec. 45-266c). - Comity recognition of foreign decrees. - (a) The holder or registrant of any property, listed in...

Section 45a-277. - Opening of deceased owner's safe deposit box to access jointly held stocks, bonds, annuities or certificates of deposit. Procedure. Hearing. Fee. - (a) Whenever the sole owner of a safe deposit box...

Section 45a-282. (Formerly Sec. 45-164). - Custodian of will to deliver it after testator's death. Penalty. - (a) Any person having in his possession any will or...

Section 45a-283. (Formerly Sec. 45-163). - Executor to apply for probate of will. Penalty. - (a) Every person having knowledge of his designation in a...

Section 45a-284. (Formerly Sec. 45-164a). - Opening of safe deposit boxes to search for a will. - Whenever the sole owner of a safe deposit box dies,...

Section 45a-285. (Formerly Sec. 45-166). - Proof of will out of court. - Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any will...

Section 45a-286. (Formerly Sec. 45-167). - Hearing required before proving or rejecting a will. Notice. - Any court of probate shall, before proving or disapproving any...

Section 45a-287. (Formerly Sec. 45-170). - Will of nonresident testator proved in this state. Application. Governing law. Tax. Determination of domicile. Costs for settlement of estate. - (a) If the testator, at his death, was not domiciled...

Section 45a-288. (Formerly Sec. 45-171). - Recording of a will proved without this state. - (a) When a will conveying property situated in this state...

Section 45a-289. (Formerly Sec. 45-169). - When bond required of executor. Amount of bond. Reduction of bond. - (a) A probate bond shall be required of an executor,...

Section 45a-290. (Formerly Sec. 45-168). - Administration with the will annexed and de bonis non. - (a) If no person has been designated in a will...

Section 45a-291. (Formerly Sec. 45-189). - Executor to administer intestate part of an estate. - When a will which disposes of only a part of...

Section 45a-292. (Formerly Sec. 45-190). - Executor of an executor. - The executor of an executor shall not as such administer...

Section 45a-293. (Formerly Sec. 45-179). - Notice of devise or bequest to corporation. - Within thirty days after the admission to probate of any...

Section 45a-294. (Formerly Sec. 45-185). - Expenses of executor or administrator in will contest. - (a) The court of probate having jurisdiction of the testate...

Section 45a-295. (Formerly Sec. 45-186). - Court may revoke, annul or set aside order or decree passed under revoked will. Subsequent settlement procedure. - (a) When it appears to any Probate Court, pending proceedings...

Section 45a-296. (Formerly Sec. 45-187). - Procedure if, on appeal, will is set aside after partial settlement. Effect on fiduciary. - When a will is admitted to probate by a court...

Section 45a-297. (Formerly Sec. 45-188). - Procedure if will is found after partial settlement. - When it appears to any court of probate, during proceedings...

Section 45a-303. (Formerly Sec. 45-195). - Jurisdiction of intestate estates. Probate costs. Issuance of letters of administration. - (a) Jurisdiction of intestate estates. Probate costs. (1) When any...

Section 45a-309. (Formerly Sec. 45-195a). - Finding of domicile. - (a) Upon the admission of any will to probate or...

Section 45a-315. (Formerly Sec. 45-249a). - “Fiduciary” defined. - As used in sections 45a-129, 45a-205, 45a-242 to 45a-244, inclusive,...

Section 45a-316. (Formerly Sec. 45-249c). - Appointment of temporary administrator to hold and preserve estate. - Whenever, upon the application of a creditor or other person...

Section 45a-317. (Formerly Sec. 45-249d). - Powers and duties of temporary appointee. Removal. Account. - (a) The temporary administrator or officer appointed pursuant to the...

Section 45a-317a. - Appointment of estate examiner to obtain financial or medical information. - Any person interested in the estate of a deceased person...

Section 45a-318. (Formerly Sec. 45-253). - Document directing or designating individual to have custody and control of disposition of deceased person's body. Funeral director's or embalmer's reliance on document. Individuals entitled to custody and c... - (a)(1) Any person eighteen years of age or older, and...

Section 45a-320. (Formerly Sec. 45-250). - Allowance for support of surviving spouse and family. Family car. - (a) The Court of Probate may allow out of any...

Section 45a-321. (Formerly Sec. 45-252). - Custody of real property. Products and income of real property. Family may occupy homestead. - (a) The fiduciary of a decedent's estate shall, during settlement,...

Section 45a-322. (Formerly Sec. 45-254). - Death of owner of real property or oyster grounds to be recorded. Penalty. - (a) The fiduciary of the estate of any deceased person...

Section 45a-323. (Formerly Sec. 45-255). - Oyster grounds as personal property. - In the settlement of the estates of deceased persons and...

Section 45a-324. (Formerly Sec. 45-255a). - Power to sell real property as authorized by testator. - When any testator has authorized or directed any real property...

Section 45a-325. (Formerly Sec. 45-257). - Execution of contract of decedent for sale of real property. - The court of probate having jurisdiction of the settlement of...

Section 45a-326. (Formerly Sec. 45-257a). - Partition or sale of undivided interest in decedent's estate. Notice. Hearing. - (a) During the settlement of the estate of any person...

Section 45a-327. (Formerly Sec. 45-257b). - Sale of decedent's real property subject to mortgage. - The Court of Probate shall not order the sale of...

Section 45a-328. (Formerly Sec. 45-256). - Court may authorize stock and materials to be worked up or business to be continued. - Section 45a-328 is repealed, effective October 1, 2018. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 45a-329. (Formerly Sec. 45-257c). - Settlement of estate on presumption of death. - (a) Any person who has been absent from his home...

Section 45a-330. (Formerly Sec. 45-257d). - Time limited for granting administration or proving will; exceptions. - Except as provided in section 45a-242, administration of the estate...

Section 45a-331. (Formerly Sec. 45-257e). - Settlement of estate after ten years. Closure of estate for dormancy. - (a) Whenever for any cause the settlement of any decedent's...

Section 45a-332. (Formerly Sec. 45-257f). - Notice to Commissioner of Revenue Services when estate may escheat. - When an application is made to a court of probate...

Section 45a-333. (Formerly Sec. 45-260). - Payment of taxes due from estate. - Each trustee of the estate of an insolvent debtor or...

Section 45a-334. (Formerly Sec. 45-258). - Lien of remainderman for repairs and improvements upon real property. - Any person having any vested remainder interest in any real...

Section 45a-334a. - Access to decedent's electronic mail account. - Section 45a-334a is repealed, effective October 1, 2016. (P.A. 05-136,...

Section 45a-334b. - Short title: Connecticut Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. - Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, may be cited as the...

Section 45a-334c. - Definitions. - As used in sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive: (1) “Account”...

Section 45a-334d. - Applicability. - (a) Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, apply to: (1) A...

Section 45a-334e. - User direction for disclosure of digital assets. - (a) A user may use an online tool to direct...

Section 45a-334f. - Terms-of-service agreement. - (a) Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, do not change or...

Section 45a-334g. - Procedure for disclosing digital assets. - (a) When disclosing digital assets of a user under sections...

Section 45a-334h. - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user. - If a deceased user consented to, or a court directs...

Section 45a-334i. - Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user. - Unless the user prohibited disclosure of digital assets or the...

Section 45a-334j. - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal. - To the extent a power of attorney expressly grants an...

Section 45a-334k. - Disclosure of other digital assets of principal. - Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the principal...

Section 45a-334l. - Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user. - Unless otherwise ordered by the court or provided in a...

Section 45a-334m. - Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee is not original user. - Unless otherwise ordered by a court, directed by the user...

Section 45a-334n. - Disclosure of other digital assets held. - Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user...

Section 45a-334o. - Disclosure of digital assets to conservator of a conserved person. - (a) After an opportunity for a hearing in the manner...

Section 45a-334p. - Fiduciary duty and authority. - (a) The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with...

Section 45a-334q. - Custodian compliance and immunity. - (a) Not later than sixty days after receipt of the...

Section 45a-334r. - Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing this Connecticut Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access...

Section 45a-334s. - Relation of act to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334r, inclusive, modify, limit or supersede the...

Section 45a-340. (Formerly Sec. 45-201a). - “Fiduciary” defined. - As used in sections 45a-340 to 45a-347, inclusive, “fiduciary” includes...

Section 45a-341. (Formerly Sec. 45-202). - Inventory to be filed. Property included in inventory. Appraisal. Time limits. Sale of personal property. Hearing. - (a)(1) An inventory of all the property of every deceased...

Section 45a-342. (Formerly Sec. 45-203). - Penalty for not filing inventory. - If any fiduciary fails to file in the court of...

Section 45a-343. (Formerly Sec. 45-203a). - Objections to inventory or appraisal. Notice and hearing. - (a) Any interested party may file with the probate court...

Section 45a-344. (Formerly Sec. 45-203b). - Notice to Commissioner of Revenue Services if estate not subject to succession or inheritance tax. - Section 45a-344 is repealed, effective January 1, 1998. (P.A. 80-476,...

Section 45a-345. (Formerly Sec. 45-202b). - Waiving of inventory filing requirement and filing with Commissioner of Revenue Services. - Any judge of probate is authorized to waive the requirements...

Section 45a-346. (Formerly Sec. 45-202a). - Appointment of court-appointed appraisers prohibited. - There shall be no court-appointed appraisers of any decedent's property....

Section 45a-347. (Formerly Sec. 45-203c). - Beneficiary designation exempt from laws governing transfer by will. - The designation in accordance with the terms of (1) an...

Section 45a-353. (Formerly Sec. 45-230b). - Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 45a-266, 45a-353 to 45a-384, inclusive,...

Section 45a-354. (Formerly Sec. 45-230c). - Notice to creditors. - (a) The Court of Probate shall cause newspaper notice to...

Section 45a-355. (Formerly Sec. 45-230d). - Notification to Departments of Administrative Services and Veterans Affairs. - The application for admission of a decedent's will to probate...

Section 45a-356. (Formerly Sec. 45-230e). - Effect of failure to present claim; exoneration of fiduciary. - (a) If any claim is not presented on or before...

Section 45a-357. (Formerly Sec. 45-230f). - Optional notice procedures; effect of failure to present claim; discretionary extension of time; exoneration. - (a) A fiduciary may at any time give notice to...

Section 45a-358. (Formerly Sec. 45-230g). - Form and verification of claims; presentation. - (a) Every claim shall be presented to the fiduciary in...

Section 45a-359. (Formerly Sec. 45-230h). - Unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims. - (a) If, at the death of any person, there shall...

Section 45a-360. (Formerly Sec. 45-230i). - Allowance or rejection of claims. - (a) The fiduciary shall: (1) Give notice to a person...

Section 45a-361. (Formerly Sec. 45-230j). - Return and list of claims. - Within sixty days following the expiration of the one-hundred-fifty-day period...

Section 45a-362. (Formerly Sec. 45-230k). - Determination of claims presented if fiduciary dies, resigns or is removed. - A successor fiduciary may apply to the court of probate...

Section 45a-363. (Formerly Sec. 45-230l). - Suit against estate on rejected claim; time within which to commence suit or file application. - (a) No person who has presented a claim shall be...

Section 45a-364. (Formerly Sec. 45-230m). - Hearing on rejected claims by Probate Court. Referral of claim to probate magistrate or attorney probate referee for hearing. - (a) Whenever a claim has been rejected, in whole or...

Section 45a-365. (Formerly Sec. 45-230n). - Order of payment of claims, expenses and taxes. - Claims, expenses and taxes in the settlement of a decedent's...

Section 45a-366. (Formerly Sec. 45-230o). - Payment of funeral and last illness expenses of married person. - The funeral expenses and expenses of the last illness of...

Section 45a-367. (Formerly Sec. 45-230p). - Payment of claims of fiduciary. - A fiduciary shall not pay any personal claim of his...

Section 45a-368. (Formerly Sec. 45-230q). - Liability of beneficiaries. - (a) Subject to the provisions of sections 45a-369 to 45a-375,...

Section 45a-369. (Formerly Sec. 45-230r). - Order of liability; preferences. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d)...

Section 45a-370. (Formerly Sec. 45-230s). - Maximum liability of beneficiary. - Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (g) of...

Section 45a-371. (Formerly Sec. 45-230t). - Liability of beneficiary-fiduciary. - (a) As used in this section, “beneficiary-fiduciary” means either (1)...

Section 45a-372. (Formerly Sec. 45-230u). - Action not impaired by failure to present claim to fiduciary. Proper person to sue following final distribution. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of section...

Section 45a-373. (Formerly Sec. 45-230v). - Action against one or more beneficiaries. - An action may be brought against one or more of...

Section 45a-374. (Formerly Sec. 45-230w). - Title of bona fide purchaser from beneficiary protected. - The entry and filing of a judgment recovered against a...

Section 45a-375. (Formerly Sec. 45-230x). - Statutes of limitation; suspension. Maximum periods applicable to claims. After-accruing claims. - Claims shall be subject to the following provisions: (a) If...

Section 45a-376. (Formerly Sec. 45-230dd). - Determination of insolvency. - The Court of Probate shall cause a notice of the...

Section 45a-377. (Formerly Sec. 45-230ee). - Determination of insolvency after partial settlement. - When, during the settlement of the estate of a deceased...

Section 45a-378. (Formerly Sec. 45-230ff). - Notice to creditors. Presentation of claims; effect of failure to present claim. Discretionary extension of time. - (a) Within fourteen days after the determination of insolvency, the...

Section 45a-379. (Formerly Sec. 45-230gg). - Creditor having secured claim. Determination of value of security. - (a) If a creditor presenting a claim to the fiduciary...

Section 45a-380. (Formerly Sec. 45-230hh). - Fiduciary's report. Notice to creditors. Hearing. Appeal. - (a) As soon as practicable after the expiration of the...

Section 45a-381. (Formerly Sec. 45-230ii). - Estate found solvent after finding of insolvency. - When any estate of a deceased person in settlement as...

Section 45a-382. (Formerly Sec. 45-230jj). - Suits against insolvent estate prohibited; pending suits. - Except as provided by section 45a-380, no suit shall be...

Section 45a-383. (Formerly Sec. 45-230kk). - Settlement of estate without claims procedures. - When it appears to the Court of Probate that the...

Section 45a-384. (Formerly Sec. 45-230a). - Applicability. - The provisions of sections 45a-266 and 45a-353 to 45a-383, inclusive,...

Section 45a-390 to 45a-419. (Formerly Secs. 45-204a to 45-205, 45-207 to - “Fiduciary” defined; applicability of chapter. Claims to be in writing and sworn to if required. Order of payment of claims. Payment of funeral and last illness expenses of ma... - Sections 45a-390 to 45a-419, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...

Section 45a-425. (Formerly Sec. 45-271a). - “Fiduciary” defined. - As used in sections 45a-425 to 45a-437, inclusive, and 45a-439...

Section 45a-426. (Formerly Sec. 45-271b). - Protection of legacies. - (a) All pecuniary legacies given in any will shall, if...

Section 45a-427. (Formerly Sec. 45-271c). - Sale of real property to pay legacies. - When the payment of a pecuniary legacy is charged, or...

Section 45a-428. (Formerly Sec. 45-271d). - Sale or mortgage of real property specifically devised. Procedures for solvent and insolvent estates. - (a) If the Court of Probate finds that the estate...

Section 45a-429. (Formerly Sec. 45-271e). - Contribution where estate is taken to pay debts. - When any estate bequeathed or devised to any person is...

Section 45a-430. (Formerly Sec. 45-271f). - When distributees to give security for contingent or future debts. - Each person to whom any part of an estate is...

Section 45a-431. (Formerly Sec. 45-272). - Distribution of estates. - (a) Court to ascertain heirs and distributees. The Court of...

Section 45a-432. (Formerly Sec. 45-284). - Distribution of estate, testate in part. - When part of an estate has been devised or bequeathed...

Section 45a-433. (Formerly Sec. 45-273). - Distribution of intestate estates. - (a) After payment of expenses and charges, an intestate estate...

Section 45a-434. (Formerly Sec. 45-272a). - Division of estate among joint devisees or legatees. - (a) When a testator orders an estate to be divided...

Section 45a-435. (Formerly Sec. 45-272b). - Personal property that may be set out to spouse from insolvent estate. - When the personal property of the deceased, exclusive of household...

Section 45a-436. (Formerly Sec. 45-273a). - Succession upon death of spouse. Statutory share. - (a) On the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse...

Section 45a-437. - Intestate succession. Distribution to spouse. - (a) If there is no will, or if any part...

Section 45a-438. (Formerly Sec. 45-274). - Distribution to children. Inheritance of child from or through parent. - (a) After distribution has been made of the intestate estate...

Section 45a-438a. (Formerly Sec. 45-275). - Distribution of intestate estate of minor. - Section 45a-438a is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7059; P.A. 80-476,...

Section 45a-438b. - Inheritance of parent from or through child. - Except as provided in section 45a-731, for the purposes of...

Section 45a-439. (Formerly Sec. 45-276). - Distribution when there are no children or representatives of them. - (a)(1) If there are no children or any legal representatives...

Section 45a-440. (Formerly Sec. 45-287). - Simultaneous death; disposition of property. - (a) When no sufficient evidence of survivorship. When the title...

Section 45a-440a. (Formerly Sec. 45-287a). - When deaths of husband and wife presumed simultaneous. - It shall be presumed that the deaths of husband and...

Section 45a-441. (Formerly Sec. 45-276a). - Death of devisee or legatee. - When a devisee or legatee, being a child, stepchild, grandchild,...

Section 45a-442. (Formerly Sec. 45-276b). - Lapsed devises of real property. - When a specific devise of real property in any will...

Section 45a-443. (Formerly Sec. 45-285). - Shares may be set out in real or personal property. - After the share or interest of the husband or wife...

Section 45a-444. (Formerly Sec. 45-282). - Distribution of real property held by different titles. - When different parcels of real property have descended to the...

Section 45a-445. (Formerly Sec. 45-283). - Distribution of proceeds of deceased minor's real property. - The proceeds of the real property of any minor sold...

Section 45a-446. (Formerly Sec. 45-277). - Distribution when heir, legatee or distributee is presumed to be dead. Liability of fiduciary. - (a) If, at any hearing before a court of probate...

Section 45a-447. (Formerly Sec. 45-279). - Person adjudged guilty of certain crimes or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect ineligible to inherit from or receive property or insurance or annuity proceeds as beneficiary of victim. Ac... - (a)(1) A person finally adjudged guilty, either as the principal...

Section 45a-448. (Formerly Sec. 45-280). - Distribution of damages for causing death. - (a) All damages recovered for injuries resulting in death, which...

Section 45a-449. (Formerly Sec. 45-278). - Property due person residing outside United States. - When it appears that a legatee, distributee, cestui or beneficiary...

Section 45a-450. (Formerly Sec. 45-286). - Descent or distribution of real property to be recorded. - (a) When the real property of any deceased person, or...

Section 45a-451. (Formerly Sec. 45-286a). - Securing of interest of remainderman in personal property after life estate. - When a life estate in any personal property is given...

Section 45a-452. (Formerly Sec. 45-287b). - When property escheats to the state. Procedure. - When a probate court cannot identify or locate the person...

Section 45a-458. (Formerly Sec. 45-298a). - Short title: Connecticut Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act. - Sections 45a-458 to 45a-466, inclusive, may be cited as the...

Section 45a-459. (Formerly Sec. 45-298b). - Application of chapter. - The provisions of sections 45a-458 to 45a-466, inclusive, shall apply...

Section 45a-460. (Formerly Sec. 45-298c). - Rebuttable presumptions. - In determining the applicability of the provisions of sections 45a-458...

Section 45a-461. (Formerly Sec. 45-298d). - Disposition of property at death. - Upon death of a married person, one-half of the property...

Section 45a-462. (Formerly Sec. 45-298e). - Perfection of title of surviving spouse. - If the title to any property to which sections 45a-458...

Section 45a-463. (Formerly Sec. 45-298f). - Perfection of title of personal representative, heir or devisee. - If the title to any property to which sections 45a-458...

Section 45a-464. (Formerly Sec. 45-298g). - Security interest of purchaser for value or lender. - (a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property...

Section 45a-465. (Formerly Sec. 45-298h). - Creditor's rights. - Sections 45a-458 to 45a-466, inclusive, shall not (1) affect rights...

Section 45a-466. (Formerly Sec. 45-298i). - Rules of construction. - Sections 45a-458 to 45a-466, inclusive, shall be applied and construed...

Section 45a-468. - Short title: Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act. Construction. - (a) Sections 45a-468 to 45a-468m, inclusive, and section 45a-369 shall...

Section 45a-468a. - Definitions. - As used in sections 45a-468 to 45a-468m, inclusive, and section...

Section 45a-468b. - Registration in beneficiary form: Sole or joint tenancy ownership. - Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership...

Section 45a-468c. - Registration in beneficiary form: Applicable law. - A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the...

Section 45a-468d. - Designation of beneficiary. - A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered...

Section 45a-468e. - Form of registration in beneficiary form. - Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words...

Section 45a-468f. - Effect of registration in beneficiary form. - The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in...

Section 45a-468g. - Ownership on death of owner. - On death of a sole owner or the last to...

Section 45a-468h. - Protection of registering entity. - (a) A registering entity is not required to offer or...

Section 45a-468i. - Nontestamentary transfer on death. - (a) A transfer on death resulting from a registration in...

Section 45a-468j. - Terms, conditions and forms for registration. - A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form...

Section 45a-468k. - Taxable transfer. - Whenever any security is registered in beneficiary form, the right...

Section 45a-468l. - Liability of beneficiary. - When any security registered in beneficiary form has been transferred...

Section 45a-468m. - Applicability. - Sections 45a-468 to 45a-468m, inclusive, and section 45a-369 apply to...

Chapter 802c - Trusts

Section 45a-471. - (Formerly Sec. 45-213c). Trustee to receive proceeds of pension, retirement, death benefit and profit-sharing plans. - (a) As used in this section, “proceeds” means the proceeds...

Section 45a-472. - Trustee to receive proceeds of pension, retirement, death benefit and profit-sharing plans. - (a) As used in this section, “proceeds” means the proceeds...

Section 45a-473. (Formerly Sec. 45-83). - Bonds of testamentary trustees. - Section 45a-473 is repealed, effective January 1, 2020. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 45a-474. (Formerly Sec. 45-84). - Vacancies in office of trustee. - When a will, trust agreement or other instrument establishing a...

Section 45a-475. (Formerly Sec. 45-85). - Filling of vacancy in town or county trusteeship. Duties of town's successor trustee. - (a) Whenever the trustee of any trust for the use...

Section 45a-476. (Formerly Sec. 45-86). - Legal title vests in trustee appointed to fill vacancy. - When the legal title to any property has vested in...

Section 45a-477. (Formerly Sec. 45-90). - Jurisdiction of Probate Court over trusts administered outside of this state. - Any one or more of the beneficiaries of a trust...

Section 45a-478. (Formerly Sec. 45-87). - Appointment of trustee when person has disappeared. Trustee's rights and duties. Procedure if person reappears. - (a) When any person having property has disappeared so that...

Section 45a-479. (Formerly Sec. 45-92). - Suspension of fiduciary powers during armed forces service. - (a) When any fiduciary of any trust other than a...

Section 45a-480. (Formerly Sec. 45-91). - Income from property acquired by trustee by conveyance or foreclosure when mortgage formerly held by trustee. - In any case in which a trustee holds a mortgage...

Section 45a-481. (Formerly Sec. 45-93). - Distribution by testamentary trustee upon completion of trust. - The trustee of any testamentary trust which has terminated may,...

Section 45a-482. (Formerly Sec. 45-93a). - Distribution of assets of inoperative trust. - When the facts at the time of distribution from an...

Section 45a-483. (Formerly Sec. 45-94). - Settlement of trust estate when beneficiary has been absent seven years. - The trustee of any trust for the benefit of any...

Section 45a-484. (Formerly Sec. 45-79c). - Termination of small trusts. - Section 45a-484 is repealed, effective January 1, 2020. (P.A. 88-95;...

Section 45a-485. - Superior Court or Probate Court jurisdiction to reform instrument to ensure allowance of marital deduction. - (a) If any marital deduction would not be allowed by...

Section 45a-486. - Termination of inter vivos trust when settlor or spouse is an applicant for or recipient of medical assistance. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to an...

Section 45a-487 to 45a-487f. - Powers of trustees who are trust beneficiaries. Beneficiary interests in trust matters: Definitions. Representation by holder of power of appointment. Representation by court-appointed conservator or guardian, agent, tr... - Sections 45a-487 to 45a-487f, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1,...

Section 45a-487j. - Short title: “Connecticut Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act”. - This section and sections 45a-487k to 45a-487s, inclusive, may be...

Section 45a-487k. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 45a-487l to 45a-487s,...

Section 45a-487l. - Appointment of trust director by transferor. - (a) Nothing in sections 45a-487j to 45a-487s, inclusive, shall be...

Section 45a-487m. - Qualified trustee; successor. Disposition to more than one trustee. Disposition by trustee who is not qualified. - (a) If a qualified trustee of a trust ceases to...

Section 45a-487n. - Irrevocability of trust instrument. - For purposes of subparagraph (B) of subdivision (10) of section...

Section 45a-487o. - No retained interest of transferor. - A qualified disposition shall be subject to sections 45a-487j to...

Section 45a-487p. - Avoidance of qualified dispositions. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no action...

Section 45a-487q. - Persons not subject to qualified dispositions. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 45a-487p, sections 45a-487j to 45a-487s,...

Section 45a-487r. - Effect of avoidance of qualified dispositions. - (a) A qualified disposition shall be avoided only to the...

Section 45a-487s. - Applicability of sections 45a-487k to 45a-487r to qualified dispositions. - The provisions of this section and sections 45a-487k to 45a-487r,...

Section 45a-487t. - Applicability of rules. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 45a-487j to 45a-487s,...

Section 45a-488. - Division of trust for benefit of beneficiaries. Approval by beneficiaries required. - Section 45a-488 is repealed, effective January 1, 2020. (P.A. 95-82;...

Section 45a-489. - Title and beneficial interest in property held in trust not merged nor trust invalidated, when. - (a) The legal title to and the beneficial interest in...

Section 45a-489a. - Trust to provide for care of animal: Creation. Administration. Jurisdiction. Termination. - (a) A testamentary or inter vivos trust may be created...

Section 45a-490. - Short title: Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities. - Sections 45a-490 to 45a-496, inclusive, may be cited as the...

Section 45a-491. - Statutory rule against perpetuities. - (a) A nonvested property interest is invalid unless: (1) When...

Section 45a-492. - When nonvested property interest or power of appointment created. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

Section 45a-493. - Reformation. - Upon the petition of an interested person, a court shall...

Section 45a-494. - Exclusions from statutory rule against perpetuities. - The provisions of section 45a-491 do not apply to: (1)...

Section 45a-495. - Prospective application. - (a) Except as extended by subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 45a-496. - Uniformity of application and construction. - Sections 45a-490 to 45a-496, inclusive, shall be applied and construed...

Section 45a-499a. - Short title: “Connecticut Uniform Trust Code”. - This section and sections 45a-499b to 45a-500s, inclusive, may be...

Section 45a-499aa. - Creation of trust induced by fraud, duress or undue influence. - A trust or a provision of a trust is void...

Section 45a-499aaa. - Duty to administer trust. - Upon acceptance of a trusteeship, the trustee shall administer the...

Section 45a-499b. - Scope. - (a) Sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, apply to express trusts,...

Section 45a-499bb. - Evidence of oral trust. - Except as required by any provision of the general statutes...

Section 45a-499bbb. - Duty of loyalty. - (a) A trustee shall administer trust assets solely in the...

Section 45a-499c. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Action”, with respect to...

Section 45a-499cc. - Noncharitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary. - Except as otherwise provided in the general statutes, the following...

Section 45a-499ccc. - Impartiality. - If a trust has two or more beneficiaries, the trustee...

Section 45a-499d. - Knowledge. - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, for the...

Section 45a-499dd. - Modification or termination of trust; proceedings for approval or disapproval. - (a) In addition to the methods of termination prescribed by...

Section 45a-499ddd. - Prudent administration. - A trustee shall administer the trust as a prudent person...

Section 45a-499e. - Default and mandatory rules. - (a) Except as provided in the terms of the trust,...

Section 45a-499ee. - Modification or termination of noncharitable irrevocable trust by consent. - (a) If the court finds that the settlor, the trustee...

Section 45a-499eee. - Delegation by trustee. - (a) A trustee may delegate duties and powers that a...

Section 45a-499f. - Common law of trusts; principles of equity. - The common law of trusts and principles of equity supplement...

Section 45a-499ff. - Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively. - (a) The court may modify the administrative or dispositive terms...

Section 45a-499fff. - Creditor's claims against settlor. - The settlor of an irrevocable trust shall not be deemed...

Section 45a-499g. - Governing law. - The meaning and effect of the terms of a trust...

Section 45a-499gg. - Cy pres. - Except as otherwise provided in section 45a-499hh, if a particular...

Section 45a-499ggg. - Control and protection of trust property. - A trustee shall take reasonable steps to take control of...

Section 45a-499h. - Principal place of administration. - (a) Without precluding other means for establishing a sufficient connection...

Section 45a-499hh. - Limitation on court authority to apply cy pres. - A provision in the terms of a charitable trust that...

Section 45a-499hhh. - Recordkeeping and identification of trust property. - (a) A trustee shall keep adequate records of the administration...

Section 45a-499i. - Methods and waiver of notice. - (a) Notice to a person under sections 45a-487j to 45a-487t,...

Section 45a-499ii. - Modification or termination of uneconomic trust. - (a) After thirty days' notice to the qualified beneficiaries and...

Section 45a-499iii. - Enforcement and defense of claims. - A trustee shall take reasonable steps to enforce claims of...

Section 45a-499j. - Others treated as qualified beneficiaries. - (a) Whenever notice to qualified beneficiaries of a trust is...

Section 45a-499jj. - Reformation of noncharitable trust to correct mistakes. - The court may reform the terms of a noncharitable trust,...

Section 45a-499jjj. - Collecting trust property. - A trustee shall take reasonable steps to compel a former...

Section 45a-499k. - Nonjudicial settlement agreements. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “interested persons” means...

Section 45a-499kk. - Modification to achieve settlor's tax objectives. - To achieve the settlor's tax objectives, the court may modify...

Section 45a-499kkk. - Trustee's duty to inform and report. - (a) A trustee shall keep the qualified beneficiaries of the...

Section 45a-499l. - Insurable interest of trustee. - A trustee has an insurable interest in the life of...

Section 45a-499ll. - Combination and division of trusts. - (a) After thirty days' notice to the qualified beneficiaries, the...

Section 45a-499lll. - Discretionary powers; tax savings. - (a) Notwithstanding the breadth of discretion granted to a trustee...

Section 45a-499m. - Role of court in administration of trust. - (a) A testamentary trust is subject to continuing judicial supervision....

Section 45a-499mm. - Personal obligations of trustee. - Trust property is not subject to personal obligations of the...

Section 45a-499mmm. - General powers of trustee. - (a) A trustee, without authorization by the court, may exercise:...

Section 45a-499n. - Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary. - (a) If a trustee accepts trusteeship of a trust having...

Section 45a-499nn. - Limitations on beneficiary's creditor to attach or compel distribution of property. - (a) For all purposes under this section and section 45a-499mm,...

Section 45a-499nnn. - Specific powers of trustee. - (a) Without limiting the authority conferred by section 45a-499mmm, and...

Section 45a-499o. - Subject matter jurisdiction of Probate Courts and the Superior Court. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 45a-499oo. - Revocation or amendment of revocable trust. - (a) Unless the terms of a trust expressly provide that...

Section 45a-499ooo. - Distribution of trust property upon termination. - (a) Upon termination or partial termination of a trust, the...

Section 45a-499p. - Venue. - (a) Process for a proceeding in the Superior Court concerning...

Section 45a-499pp. - Settlor's powers; powers of withdrawal. - (a) To the extent a trust is revocable by a...

Section 45a-499ppp. - Breach of trust. - A violation by a trustee of a duty the trustee...

Section 45a-499q. - Representation: Basic effect. - (a) Notice to a person who may represent and bind...

Section 45a-499qq. - Limitation on action contesting validity of revocable trust; distribution of trust property. - (a) A person may commence a judicial proceeding to contest...

Section 45a-499qqq. - Damages in absence of breach. - (a) A trustee is accountable to an affected beneficiary for...

Section 45a-499r. - Representation by holder of general testamentary power of appointment. - To the extent there is no conflict of interest between...

Section 45a-499rr. - Accepting or declining trusteeship. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

Section 45a-499rrr. - Limitation of action against trustee. - (a) A beneficiary may not commence a proceeding against a...

Section 45a-499s. - Representation by fiduciaries, parents and persons having substantially identical interests. - (a) To the extent there is no conflict of interest...

Section 45a-499ss. - Trustee's bond. - (a) A trustee shall give bond to secure performance of...

Section 45a-499sss. - Reliance on trust instrument. - A trustee who acts in reasonable reliance on the terms...

Section 45a-499t. - Appointment of representative. - (a) If the court determines that an interest is not...

Section 45a-499tt. - Cotrustees. - (a) Cotrustees who are unable to reach a unanimous decision...

Section 45a-499ttt. - Event affecting administration or distribution. - If an event, including marriage, divorce, performance of educational requirements...

Section 45a-499u. - Designated representative. - (a) The trust instrument may (1) designate one or more...

Section 45a-499uu. - Vacancy in trusteeship; appointment of successor. - (a) A vacancy in a trusteeship occurs if: (1) A...

Section 45a-499uuu. - Exculpation of trustee. - (a) A term of a trust relieving a trustee of...

Section 45a-499v. - Methods of creating trust. - A trust may be created by: (1) Transfer of property...

Section 45a-499vv. - Resignation of trustee. - (a) A trustee of an inter vivos trust may resign...

Section 45a-499vvv. - Beneficiary's consent, release or ratification. - (a) A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for...

Section 45a-499w. - Requirements for creation. - (a) A trust is created only if: (1) The settlor...

Section 45a-499ww. - Removal of trustee. - (a) The settlor of a noncharitable trust, the settlor of...

Section 45a-499www. - Limitation on personal liability of trustee. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee...

Section 45a-499x. - Trusts created in other jurisdictions. - An inter vivos trust is validly created if its creation...

Section 45a-499xx. - Delivery of property by former trustee. - (a) Unless a cotrustee remains in office or the court...

Section 45a-499xxx. - Interest as general partner. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section...

Section 45a-499y. - Trust purposes. - A trust may be created only to the extent its...

Section 45a-499yy. - Compensation of trustee. - (a) If the terms of a trust do not specify...

Section 45a-499yyy. - Protection of person dealing with trustee. - (a) A person other than a beneficiary who in good...

Section 45a-499z. - Charitable purposes; enforcement; conversion to new entity. - (a) A charitable trust may be created for the relief...

Section 45a-499zz. - Reimbursement of expenses. - (a) A trustee is entitled to be reimbursed out of...

Section 45a-499zzz. - Certification of trust. - (a) Instead of furnishing a copy of the trust instrument...

Section 45a-500. - Uniformity of application and construction of trust. - In applying and construing the uniform provisions of sections 45a-499a...

Section 45a-500a. - Severability clause. - If any provision of this section or sections 45a-499a to...

Section 45a-500b. - Short title: Connecticut Uniform Directed Trust Act. - This section and sections 45a-500c to 45a-500s, inclusive, may be...

Section 45a-500c. - Application; principal place of administration. - Sections 45a-500b to 45a-500s, inclusive, apply to a trust, whenever...

Section 45a-500d. - Common law and principles of equity. - The common law and principles of equity supplement sections 45a-500b...

Section 45a-500e. - Exclusions. - (a) As used in this section, “power of appointment” means...

Section 45a-500f. - Powers of trust director. - (a) Subject to section 45a-500g, the terms of a trust...

Section 45a-500g. - Limitations on trust director. - A trust director is subject to the same rules as...

Section 45a-500h. - Duty and liability of trust director. - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this...

Section 45a-500i. - Duty and liability of directed trustee. - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this...

Section 45a-500j. - Duty to provide information to trust director or trustee. - (a) Subject to the provisions of section 45a-500k, a trustee...

Section 45a-500k. - No duty to monitor, inform or advise. - (a) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise: (1)...

Section 45a-500l. - Application to cotrustee. - The terms of a trust may relieve a cotrustee from...

Section 45a-500m. - Limitation of action against trust director. - (a) An action against a trust director for breach of...

Section 45a-500n. - Defenses in action against trust director. - In an action against a trust director for breach of...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure

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Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure