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CT Gen Stat § 45a-330. (Formerly Sec. 45-257d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 of any person shall not be granted, nor shall the will of any person be admitted to probate, after ten years from his decease, unless the Court of Probate upon written petition and after public notice and hearing finds that administration of such estate ought to be granted, or that such will should be admitted to probate; but when any minor is interested, one year shall be allowed after his arrival at the age of majority to take out administration or to cause such will to be proved. In all cases where any person has died leaving property which is not known to those interested in the same within the time above limited, but is discovered afterwards, administration may be granted within one year after its discovery.(1949 Rev., S. 6985; P.A. 80-476, S. 307.)History: P.A. 80-476 substituted “property” for “estate” and “the age of majority” for “full age”; Sec. 45-200 transferred to Sec. 45-257d in 1981; Sec. 45-257d transferred to Sec. 45a-330 in 1991.Annotations to former section 45-200:Child of tenant in tail who died more than 10 years after the decease of a testator whose will was not proved, held not to be “interested” in the language of statute. 14 C. 210. Creditors of decedent cannot ordinarily claim right to administration if more than 10 years have elapsed. 38 C. 256. Power of General Assembly to grant administration after time stated in statute has elapsed. 45 C. 315. Cited. 49 C. 422. Administration should not be granted by court if application has no foundation or appointment would not avail applicants. 61 C. 449. Cited. 62 C. 222; 67 C. 320. May be granted after 10 years, to collect note apparently outlawed. 76 C. 380. See 91 C. 265. Lien of antemortem creditor on decedent's real estate lasts while administration may be granted. 103 C. 353; Id., 372. Effect of laches after proper presentation and no disallowance of antemortem claim. 106 C. 609. Cited. 109 C. 457. Not an absolute bar to admission of will to probate after 10 years from decease of testator. 135 C. 489.Cited. 15 CS 316.Annotation to former section 45-257d:Cited. 40 CS 312.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-331. (Formerly Sec. 45-257e) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 estate after the appointment of a fiduciary has been delayed or not completed, the court of probate before which the same is pending may at its discretion proceed with the settlement of such estate, although more than ten years have elapsed since any proceedings have been taken, and in such case may make all such orders as might have been proper if such settlement had not been delayed.(b) In any such case in which it appears to the court that the fiduciary has neglected or refused to complete administration of the estate and the appointment of a successor fiduciary would serve no useful purpose, the court may hold a hearing, after giving public notice thereof and notice to the Commissioner of Revenue Services and such others as the court deems reasonable. Thereafter, on its own motion, the court may order and decree the estate closed for dormancy and the bond released without adjudication and the estate shall be closed and only reopened by further order of the court; provided the bond shall be released for future acts and not for any acts or misdeeds occurring during the period of administration of the estate.(1949 Rev., S. 6986; P.A. 77-261; 77-614, S. 139, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-476, S. 308.)History: P.A. 77-261 added provisions re hearing held when executor or administrator has neglected or refused to complete administration of estate and re court order to close estate for dormancy and release bond; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced tax commissioner with commissioner of revenue services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and replaced references to administrators and executors with references to fiduciaries; Sec. 45-201 transferred to Sec. 45-257e in 1981; Sec. 45-257e transferred to Sec. 45a-331 in 1991.Annotation to former section 45-201:Effect of laches after due presentation of antemortem claim never disallowed. 106 C. 610.Annotations to present section:Cited. 225 C. 919; 228 C. 439.Cited. 30 CA 334.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-332. (Formerly Sec. 45-257f) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 to settle the estate of a decedent and it appears to the court that the estate may escheat to the state, the court shall mail to the Commissioner of Revenue Services at least seven days before the hearing a copy of the application to probate the estate and of the order of notice of the hearing on the application.(1949 Rev., S. 6981; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 80-476, S. 309.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced tax commissioner with commissioner of revenue services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; Sec. 45-196 transferred to Sec. 45-257f in 1981; Sec. 45-257f transferred to Sec. 45a-332 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-333. (Formerly Sec. 45-260) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-333. (Formerly Sec. 45-260) - Payment of taxes due from estate.

 Each trustee of the estate of an insolvent debtor or of any testamentary trust and each fiduciary of a decedent's estate shall ascertain from the collector of taxes of the town where such insolvent debtor resided at the time of his insolvency, or where the decedent last resided, or in which the insolvent debtor or decedent owned real property, whether any taxes are due upon any of the estate which has come into his hands and shall liquidate the same, if there are sufficient assets, before making a final settlement of his account.(1949 Rev., S. 7046; P.A. 80-476, S. 310.)History: P.A. 80-476 substituted “real property” for “real estate” and “fiduciary of a decedent's estate” for “executor or administrator” and made other minor changes; Sec. 45-260 transferred to Sec. 45a-333 in 1991.Annotations to former section 45-260:Does not impose duty on administrator where decedent owned only a life estate. 123 C. 350.Cited. 4 CS 241.Annotation to present section:Cited. 34 CA 634.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334. (Formerly Sec. 45-258) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 property in which any other person has a life interest, who has paid any money for necessary repairs or improvements upon such real property, shall have a lien thereon for the same. The court of probate for the district in which such real property or any part thereof is situated may, upon such remainderman's written application made during the continuance of such life estate or within sixty days thereafter and after such notice to parties in interest as it may prescribe, ascertain the amount so necessarily expended, and may order the sale, subject to such life interest if it is not terminated, of so much of such property as will repay the sum so advanced.(1949 Rev., S. 7043; P.A. 80-476, S. 311.)History: P.A. 80-476 substituted “real property” for “real estate” and made minor changes in wording; Sec. 45-258 transferred to Sec. 45a-334 in 1991.Annotation to former section 45-258:Has no retroactive effect. 42 C. 211.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334a - Access to decedent's electronic mail account.

 Section 45a-334a is repealed, effective October 1, 2016.(P.A. 05-136, S. 1; P.A. 16-145, S. 19.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 “Connecticut Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act”.(P.A. 16-145, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334d - Applicability.

 (a) Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, apply to:(1) A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on or after October 1, 2016;(2) An executor acting for a decedent who died before, on or after October 1, 2016;(3) A conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on or after October 1, 2016; and(4) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on or after October 1, 2016.(b) Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, apply to a custodian if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user's death.(c) Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, do not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer's business.(P.A. 16-145, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334e - User direction for disclosure of digital assets.

 (a) A user may use an online tool to direct the custodian to disclose to a designated recipient, or not to disclose to a designated recipient, some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications. If the online tool allows the user to modify or delete a direction at all times, a direction regarding disclosure using an online tool overrides a contrary direction by the user in a will, trust, power of attorney or other record.(b) If a user has not used an online tool to give direction under subsection (a) of this section or if the custodian has not provided an online tool to give such direction, the user may allow or prohibit in a will, trust, power of attorney or other record disclosure to a fiduciary of some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications sent or received by the user.(c) A user's direction under subsection (a) or (b) of this section overrides a contrary provision in a terms-of-service agreement that does not require the user to act affirmatively and distinctly from the user's assent to the terms-of-service agreement.(P.A. 16-145, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334f - Terms-of-service agreement.

 (a) Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, do not change or impair a right of a custodian or a user under a terms-of-service agreement to access and use digital assets of the user.(b) Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, do not give a fiduciary or a designated recipient any new or expanded rights other than those held by the user for whom, or for whose estate, the fiduciary or designated recipient acts or represents.(c) A fiduciary's or designated recipient's access to digital assets may be modified or eliminated by a user, by federal law or by a terms-of-service agreement if the user has not provided direction under section 45a-334e.(P.A. 16-145, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334g - Procedure for disclosing digital assets.

 (a) When disclosing digital assets of a user under sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, the custodian may, at its sole discretion:(1) Grant a fiduciary or designated recipient full access to the user's account;(2) Grant a fiduciary or designated recipient partial access to the user's account sufficient to perform the tasks with which the fiduciary or designated recipient is charged; or(3) Provide a fiduciary or designated recipient a copy in a record of any digital asset that, on the date the custodian received the request for disclosure, the user could have accessed if the user were alive and had full capacity and access to the account.(b) A custodian may assess a reasonable administrative charge for the cost of disclosing digital assets under sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive. A custodian that is a financial institution, as defined in section 36a-41, may charge a fee that is set forth in such institution's deposit agreement with a customer.(c) A custodian need not disclose under any provision of sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, a digital asset deleted by a user.(d) If a user directs or a fiduciary requests a custodian to disclose under any provision of sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive, some, but not all, of the user's digital assets, the custodian need not disclose the assets if segregation of the assets would impose an undue burden on the custodian. If the custodian believes the direction or request imposes an undue burden on the custodian, the custodian or fiduciary may seek an order from the court to disclose:(1) A subset limited by date of the user's digital assets;(2) All of the user's digital assets to the fiduciary or designated recipient;(3) None of the user's digital assets; or(4) All of the user's digital assets to the court for review in camera for the purpose of permitting the court to issue an order pursuant to sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s, inclusive.(P.A. 16-145, S. 6; P.A. 17-91, S. 14.)History: P.A. 17-91 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re custodian that is financial institution may charge fee that is set forth in deposit agreement with customer, effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334h - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user.

 If a deceased user consented to, or a court directs disclosure of, the contents of electronic communications of the user, the custodian shall disclose to the executor of the estate of the user the content of an electronic communication sent or received by the user if the executor gives the custodian:(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;(2) A certified copy of the death certificate of the user;(3) A certified copy of the certificate of appointment as executor;(4) Unless the user provided direction using an online tool, a copy of the user's will, trust, power of attorney or other record evidencing the user's consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications; and(5) If requested by the custodian:(A) A number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user's account;(B) Evidence linking the account to the user; or(C) A court record or order that includes a finding by the court that:(i) The user had a specific account with the custodian that is identifiable by the information specified in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision;(ii) Disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the user would not violate 18 USC 2701 et seq., 47 USC 222, or other applicable law, as amended from time to time;(iii) Unless the user provided direction using an online tool, the user consented to disclosure of the content of electronic communications; or(iv) Disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the user is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate.(P.A. 16-145, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334i - Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user.

 Unless the user prohibited disclosure of digital assets or the court directs otherwise, a custodian shall disclose to the executor of the estate of a deceased user a catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by the user and digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, of the user, if the executor gives the custodian:(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;(2) A certified copy of the death certificate of the user;(3) A certified copy of the certificate of appointment as executor; and(4) If requested by the custodian:(A) A number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user's account;(B) Evidence linking the account to the user;(C) An affidavit stating that disclosure of the user's digital assets is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate; or(D) A finding by the court that:(i) The user had a specific account with the custodian that is identifiable by the information specified in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; or(ii) Disclosure of the user's digital assets is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate.(P.A. 16-145, S. 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334j - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal.

 To the extent a power of attorney expressly grants an agent authority over the content of electronic communications sent or received by the principal and unless directed otherwise by the principal or the court, a custodian shall disclose to the agent the content of electronic communications if the agent gives the custodian:(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;(2) An original or copy of the power of attorney expressly granting the agent authority over the content of electronic communications of the principal;(3) A certification by the agent, under penalty of perjury, that the power of attorney is in effect; and(4) If requested by the custodian:(A) A number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the principal's account; or(B) Evidence linking the account to the principal.(P.A. 16-145, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334k - Disclosure of other digital assets of principal.

 Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the principal or provided by a power of attorney, a custodian shall disclose to an agent with specific authority over digital assets or general authority to act on behalf of a principal a catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by the principal and digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, of the principal if the agent gives the custodian:(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;(2) An original or a copy of the power of attorney that gives the agent specific authority over digital assets or general authority to act on behalf of the principal;(3) A certification by the agent, under penalty of perjury, that the power of attorney is in effect; and(4) If requested by the custodian:(A) A number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the principal's account; or(B) Evidence linking the account to the principal.(P.A. 16-145, S. 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee who is an original user of an account any digital asset of the account held in trust, including a catalogue of electronic communications of the trustee and the content of electronic communications.(P.A. 16-145, S. 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|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 or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee who is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian:(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;(2) A certified copy of the trust instrument that includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee;(3) A certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust; and(4) If requested by the custodian:(A) A number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the account of the trust; or(B) Evidence linking the account to the trust.(P.A. 16-145, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-334n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 802b - Decedents' Estates|Section 45a-334n - Disclosure of other digital assets held.

 Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose, to a trustee who is not an original user of an account, a catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received or stored by the custodian in an account of the trust and any digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, in which the trust has a right or interest if the trustee gives the custodian:(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;(2) A certified copy of the trust instrument;(3) A certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust; and(4) If requested by the custodian:(A) A number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account; or(B) Evidence linking the account to the trust.(P.A. 16-145, S. 13.)