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CT Gen Stat § 45a-376. (Formerly Sec. 45-230dd) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-376. (Formerly Sec. 45-230dd) - Determination of insolvency.

 The Court of Probate shall cause a notice of the alleged insolvency of an estate, of the right of interested persons to be heard relative to the representation of insolvency, and of the time, date and place of hearing, to be (1) published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the probate district, and (2) given to such interested persons as the court may direct. After hearing, the court shall determine whether such estate shall be declared insolvent and shall send a copy of the decree to all persons in interest.(P.A. 87-384, S. 25; P.A. 90-230, S. 62, 101; P.A. 98-52, S. 7.)History: P.A. 90-230 made a technical grammatical change; Sec. 45-230dd transferred to Sec. 45a-376 in 1991; P.A. 98-52 deleted provision requiring fiduciary of insolvent estate to give notice and added provision re notice by Probate Court of alleged insolvency, right of interested persons to be heard and time and place of hearing, published in newspaper and given to such persons as court directs.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-377. (Formerly Sec. 45-230ee) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-377. (Formerly Sec. 45-230ee) - Determination of insolvency after partial settlement.

 When, during the settlement of the estate of a deceased person, the fiduciary represents the estate to be insolvent, the Court of Probate shall set a time and place for a hearing on such representation and the court shall proceed in the manner prescribed in section 45a-376.(P.A. 87-384, S. 26.)History: Sec. 45-230ee transferred to Sec. 45a-377 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-379. (Formerly Sec. 45-230gg) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 has security for his claim, such creditor shall be entitled to participate in the estate only with respect to the excess of his claim over the fair market value of the security unless such creditor files in the Court of Probate a written election to relinquish such security.(b) The fiduciary shall determine the fair market value of any security held by a creditor submitting a claim and shall give such creditor and the Court of Probate notice of the value and how such value was determined. Such creditor may, within thirty days from the date of such notice, file in the Court of Probate an objection to the fiduciary's valuation, and the court of probate shall, within thirty days from and including the date on which such objection was received by the Court of Probate, hold a hearing, after notice, on such valuation and shall enter an order establishing the value of such security.(P.A. 87-384, S. 28.)History: Sec. 45-230gg transferred to Sec. 45a-379 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-380. (Formerly Sec. 45-230hh) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 one-hundred-fifty-day period for presentation of claims, the fiduciary shall file a report in the Court of Probate (1) listing all claims presented; (2) specifying with respect to each claim whether such claim was allowed or rejected, in whole or in part; and (3) listing the names and addresses of all creditors given notice in accordance with section 45a-378.(b) Within thirty days after the filing of the fiduciary's report, the Court of Probate shall hold a hearing on the acceptance of said report and shall give notice of the hearing to each creditor who presented a claim to the fiduciary. Following such hearing, the court shall accept, accept with modifications or reject such report, and shall order distribution of the assets or moneys as it shall find payable in accordance with section 45a-365. Any creditor aggrieved by the order of the Court of Probate may either (1) appeal from the order of distribution in accordance with sections 45a-186 to 45a-193, inclusive, or (2) proceed in accordance with section 45a-364.(c) In the event of an appeal or a proceeding under section 45a-364, the order of distribution shall be stayed pending resolution of such appeal or proceeding; provided the court may, if it deems appropriate, order the fiduciary to set aside assets sufficient to assure pro rata payment of any creditor who has appealed or who has proceeded under section 45a-364, and to distribute the remaining assets in accordance with the order of distribution.(P.A. 87-384, S. 29; P.A. 90-45, S. 4.)History: P.A. 90-45 amended Subsec. (a) to reduce the time period for presentation of claims from 210 to 150 days; Sec. 45-230hh transferred to Sec. 45a-380 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-381. (Formerly Sec. 45-230ii) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-381. (Formerly Sec. 45-230ii) - Estate found solvent after finding of insolvency.

 When any estate of a deceased person in settlement as an insolvent estate proves to be solvent, the Court of Probate, after notice and hearing, shall order the estate settled in accordance with sections 45a-353 to 45a-375, inclusive; provided (1) no further newspaper notice shall be required and (2) any notifications to creditors given under subsection (b) of section 45a-378 shall be the equivalent and have the same legal effect as a notice under section 45a-357, except that the time for presentation shall remain as the date stated in the notice under subsection (b) of section 45a-378, and any other time periods in section 45a-357 shall be adjusted accordingly.(P.A. 87-384, S. 30.)History: Sec. 45-230ii transferred to Sec. 45a-381 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-382. (Formerly Sec. 45-230jj) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 brought against the fiduciary of an estate in course of settlement as insolvent. If judgment has been rendered against such fiduciary before the commencement of its settlement as an insolvent estate, execution shall not issue, but the creditor may present his judgment to the fiduciary and receive his proportionate share of the estate with the other creditors. If judgment has not been rendered, any pending suit shall abate and the creditor shall submit his claim to the fiduciary and may request that costs incurred in connection with the suit up to the date of abatement be added to the claim.(P.A. 87-384, S. 31.)History: Sec. 4-230jj transferred to Sec. 45a-382 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-383. (Formerly Sec. 45-230kk) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-383. (Formerly Sec. 45-230kk) - Settlement of estate without claims procedures.

 When it appears to the Court of Probate that the assets of the estate of any deceased person in settlement before the court, exclusive of the articles which may be legally set out to the surviving spouse and the allowance for support of such spouse and that of the family of the deceased, will not be more than sufficient to pay the funeral expenses, the expenses of settling the estate, the expenses of the last sickness and the lawful taxes and claims due the state of Connecticut and the United States, the court may, after notice and hearing, ascertain the amount of such funeral and other expenses and of such taxes and preferred claims, and order that the settlement of the estate be completed without following the procedures otherwise required by sections 45a-376 to 45a-382, inclusive.(P.A. 87-384, S. 32.)History: Sec. 45-230kk transferred to Sec. 45a-383 in 1991.See Sec. 36a-292 re liability of surviving joint bank account owners.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-384. (Formerly Sec. 45-230a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-384. (Formerly Sec. 45-230a) - Applicability.

 The provisions of sections 45a-266 and 45a-353 to 45a-383, inclusive, shall apply to decedents dying on or after October 1, 1987.(P.A. 87-384, S. 35; P.A. 90-230, S. 61, 101.)History: P.A. 90-230 corrected an internal reference; Sec. 45-230a transferred to Sec. 45a-384 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-425. (Formerly Sec. 45-271a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-425. (Formerly Sec. 45-271a) - “Fiduciary” defined.

 As used in sections 45a-425 to 45a-437, inclusive, and 45a-439 to 45a-452, inclusive, unless otherwise required by the context, “fiduciary” includes the executor or administrator of a decedent's estate.(P.A. 80-476, S. 312; P.A. 85-613, S. 106, 154.)History: P.A. 85-613 made technical change, deleting reference to chapter 797; Sec. 45-271a transferred to Sec. 45a-425 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-426. (Formerly Sec. 45-271b) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-426. (Formerly Sec. 45-271b) - Protection of legacies.

 (a) All pecuniary legacies given in any will shall, if the personal property of the testator is insufficient for the payment thereof, be a charge on his real property not specifically described and devised, unless otherwise directed in such will.(b) Specific legacies shall not be taken or sold for the payment of debts and charges against the estate of the testator when there is other property, real or personal, sufficient and available therefor and not specifically devised or bequeathed; but real property may be sold in lieu thereof, when it is necessary for such purpose, unless such will otherwise directs.(1949 Rev., S. 6953; P.A. 80-476, S. 313.)History: P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and substituted “property” for “estate”; Sec. 45-175 transferred to Sec. 45-271b in 1981; Sec. 45-271b transferred to Sec. 45a-426 in 1991.Annotations to former section 45-175:What legacies not specific. 42 C. 346. Right of devisee of mortgaged land to receive it free of mortgage. 68 C. 198; 74 C. 96; Id., 459; 78 C. 481; 79 C. 364. Statute construed. 71 C. 529; 103 C. 371. Debts are to be paid primarily out of personal estate. 74 C. 99. Gift of real estate “after payment of above legacies” charges them on land. 72 C. 253. Marshaling legacies where some are charged on land and others are not. 76 C. 267. Subrogation where personal property specifically given is used to pay legacies charged on real estate. Id., 268. General and specific legacies distinguished. 85 C. 494. Application to debts incurred by executors in running a farm. 103 C. 369. Lands specifically devised not subject to payment of debts until other assets exhausted. 106 C. 611. Cited. 141 C. 102. Devise of proceeds of sale of real property to be held in trust for plaintiff under terms of wife's will required mortgage on property sold to be satisfied from estate, not proceeds of sale, where other estate property existed from which mortgage could be paid. 157 C. 181. Cited. 158 C. 232; Id., 292.Conditions under which acceptance of devised property will satisfy claim of the donee against decedent's estate. 17 CS 26. The only restrictions on specifically devised property are those imposed by section. Id., 501.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-427. (Formerly Sec. 45-271c) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-427. (Formerly Sec. 45-271c) - Sale of real property to pay legacies.

 When the payment of a pecuniary legacy is charged, or is by law chargeable, upon the real property of the testator, or when devised real property is to be sold and no provision is made by the will for the sale, or there is no person designated to sell who is capable or willing to act, the Court of Probate may order the sale of such estate, or so much thereof as may be necessary to effect the intention of the testator and to pay the incidental charges, by such person and in such manner as it deems proper.(1949 Rev., S. 6969; P.A. 80-476, S. 314.)History: P.A. 80-476 substituted “real property” for “real estate” and made minor change in wording; Sec. 45-181 transferred to Sec. 45-271c in 1981; Sec. 45-271c transferred to Sec. 45a-427 in 1991.Annotations to former section 45-181:Until statute, equity alone had the power to order real estate sold to pay legacy charged thereon. 27 C. 535. Cited. 121 C. 112.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-428. (Formerly Sec. 45-271d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 of a deceased person is insolvent and if the real property has been specifically devised or if the court finds that the estate of such person is solvent but that there are no assets of the estate, other than real property specifically devised or forbidden by will to be sold or mortgaged, from which debts, taxes and administration charges against the estate may be paid, the court shall order personal notice of the pendency of the application for a decree authorizing the sale or mortgage of such real property to be given to all devisees of such real property whose existence, names and residences can be ascertained by the court and shall order such other notice as it deems advisable to be given to all such devisees whose existence, names and residences cannot be ascertained by the court.(b) Except as provided in this section, real property of a decedent whose estate is solvent and either specifically devised by will or forbidden by will to be sold or to be mortgaged shall not be so ordered to be sold or mortgaged without the written consent of the specific devisees or other parties interested as distributees of such real property or of the guardians ad litem or guardians or conservators of the estates of those not legally competent so to consent.(1949 Rev., S. 7023; 1953, S. 2938d; P.A. 80-476, S. 315.)History: P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs., substituted “real property” for “real estate” and made minor changes in wording; Sec. 45-239 transferred to Sec. 45-271d in 1981; Sec. 45-271d transferred to Sec. 45a-428 in 1991.Annotation to former section 45-239:Where widow had life use of husband's estate consisting only of real estate, Probate Court could authorize executor to mortgage estate without her consent, even though estate was probated as a solvent estate. 17 CS 500.Annotations to present section:Subsec. (a):Where estate had insufficient assets other than specifically devised real property, and although title to the property passed to decedent's devisees at her death, such title was not absolute and Probate Court possessed authority to order sale of the subject property. 79 CA 309. Where court determined it was necessary for executor of estate to have possession and control of real property so as to market it for sale in compliance with order of Probate Court, any interest or title in such property that would have otherwise passed under decedent's will was terminated upon the issuance of Probate Court's order to market property for sale and in fact never came into being, and legal title to such property belonged to estate. 118 CA 577.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-429. (Formerly Sec. 45-271e) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 taken for the payment of debts and charges, all the other legatees, devisees or heirs shall contribute their proportional part of the estate to the person from whom such legacy or devise is taken and he may maintain an action to compel such contribution.(1949 Rev., S. 6968; P.A. 80-476, S. 316.)History: P.A. 80-476 deleted exception re widows “in case the devise has been made in lieu of dower” and made wording change; Sec. 45-180 transferred to Sec. 45-271e in 1981; Sec. 45-271e transferred to Sec. 45a-429 in 1991.Annotations to former section 45-180:At common law, gift to widow in lieu of dower does not abate ratably with other legacies. 23 C. 330; 26 C. 263. Section applies only when will is silent or its intent uncertain. 68 C. 201. Applies only in favor of specific legatees or devisees who have been deprived of their property by judicial sales. 71 C. 530. Cited. 86 C. 462; 158 C. 292.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-430. (Formerly Sec. 45-271f) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 distributed or paid by order of the Court of Probate and each person to whom any property is devised or bequeathed when no sufficient provision has been made by the will for the payment of the debts out of some particular property shall, upon the request of any person having a claim against the estate, contingent or not yet matured, give a bond to the state, with surety to the acceptance of the Court of Probate. The bond shall stipulate that if, after the settlement of the estate, debts appear and are allowed, such person will pay to the fiduciary his proportional part of such debts and of the charges of the fiduciary.(1949 Rev., S. 7064; P.A. 80-476, S. 317.)History: P.A. 80-476 substituted “property” for “estate” and “fiduciary” for “executor or administrator” and made minor changes in wording; Sec. 45-281 transferred to Sec. 45-271f in 1981; Sec. 45-271f transferred to Sec. 45a-430 in 1991.Annotations to former section 45-281:Bond given under section does not discharge lien on real estate for debts of decedent. 6 C. 268. Liability of distributees to refund to pay debts subsequently arising. 83 C. 75; 86 C. 470.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-432. (Formerly Sec. 45-284) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-432. (Formerly Sec. 45-284) - Distribution of estate, testate in part.

 When part of an estate has been devised or bequeathed and part is intestate and held in common with the devisees or legatees, the Court of Probate may order a distribution of such estate.(1949 Rev., S. 7067.)History: Sec. 45-284 transferred to Sec. 45a-432 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-435. (Formerly Sec. 45-272b) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 goods exempt from execution, is not sufficient for the payment of his or her debts, the Court of Probate shall set out such household goods and may set out any other exempt property to the surviving spouse.(1949 Rev., S. 7034; P.A. 74-91, S. 2; P.A. 80-476, S. 321.)History: P.A. 74-91 substituted “surviving spouse” for references to widows; P.A. 80-476 substituted “property” for “estate” and rephrased provisions; Sec. 45-251 transferred to Sec. 45-272b in 1981; Sec. 45-272b transferred to Sec. 45a-435 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-437 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-437 - Intestate succession. Distribution to spouse.

 (a) If there is no will, or if any part of the property, real or personal, legally or equitably owned by the decedent at the time of his or her death, is not effectively disposed of by the will or codicil of the decedent, the portion of the intestate estate of the decedent, determined after payment of any support allowance from principal pursuant to section 45a-320, which the surviving spouse shall take is:(1) If there is no surviving issue or parent of the decedent, the entire intestate estate absolutely;(2) If there is no surviving issue of the decedent but the decedent is survived by a parent or parents, the first one hundred thousand dollars plus three-quarters of the balance of the intestate estate absolutely;(3) If there are surviving issue of the decedent all of whom are also issue of the surviving spouse, the first one hundred thousand dollars plus one-half of the balance of the intestate estate absolutely;(4) If there are surviving issue of the decedent one or more of whom are not issue of the surviving spouse, one-half of the intestate estate absolutely.(b) For the purposes of this section:(1) Issue includes children born out of wedlock who qualify for inheritance under the provisions of section 45a-438 and the legal representatives of such children;(2) A father of a child born out of wedlock shall be considered a parent if the father qualifies for inheritance from or through the child under the provisions of section 45a-438b.(P.A. 90-146, S. 10; P.A. 92-118, S. 4; P.A. 14-104, S. 3.)History: P.A. 92-118 changed reference to “45a-437” to “45a-438”; P.A. 14-104 amended Subsec. (b) to designate existing provision re issue as Subdiv. (1) and amend same to redefine “issue”, add Subdiv. (2) re when father of child born out of wedlock is considered a parent, and make technical changes.See Sec. 45a-436(g) re intestate share of surviving spouse who, without sufficient cause, abandoned the other and continued such abandonment to the time of the other's death.Cited. 226 C. 51; 238 C. 839. Subsec. (a): A September 11th Victim Compensation Fund award is payment made directly to plaintiff in express contemplation of the absence of probate court supervision over plaintiff's receipt and use of the award and was not the property of the decedent or the decedent's estate, thus the Probate Court lacked jurisdiction over the award as part of its supervision of the administration of intestate estates under Subsec. 331 C. 385.Cited. 34 CA 579.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-438a. (Formerly Sec. 45-275) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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, S. 323; P.A. 96-202, S. 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-438b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-438b - Inheritance of father from or through child born out of wedlock.

 Except as provided in section 45a-731, for the purposes of this chapter, a father and his kindred shall qualify for inheritance from or through a child who was born out of wedlock if (1) the father's paternity was established by a written acknowledgment of paternity under section 46b-172, or (2) the father's paternity has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction under chapter 815y.(P.A. 91-109, S. 2; P.A. 14-104, S. 5.)History: P.A. 14-104 replaced former provisions with provisions re inheritance of father of child born out of wedlock.