Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
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...