Title 45a — Title 45a: Probate Courts and Procedure

Sec. 45a-153. (Formerly Sec. 45-232). Submission of claims to arbitration. (a) An executor, administrator, conservator, guardian or trustee appointed, or whose appointment has been approved, by a Probate Court, may apply in writing to the Probate Court having jurisdiction of his …

Sec. 45a-154. (Formerly Sec. 45-233). Award of arbitrators. The award made upon submission to arbitration shall be in writing, signed by the arbitrator or arbitrators and returned to the Court of Probate. When the award is so made and accepted by the court and lodged on file, the…

Sec. 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 arbitration award on any ground which would be sufficient to set aside such an award in a court of equity. If the…

Sec. 45a-156. (Formerly Sec. 45-235). Costs of arbitration. (a) The fees for the services of the judge of probate shall be paid by the applicant. (b) The fees and charges of the arbitrator or arbitrators shall be taxed by the judge and apportioned by him between the parties as he…

Secs. 45a-157 to 45a-161. Reserved for future use. PART V* SALE OR MORTGAGE OF ESTATE PROPERTY *Annotation to former chapter 792: Cited. 153 C. 57.

Sec. 45a-162. (Formerly Sec. 45-236). Sale of choses in action and other property. Before the final settlement of any estate, the Court of Probate may order the sale of the credits and choses in action belonging to such estate, and may at any time order the sale of personal prope…

Sec. 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, after such notice which the court may order and after hearing, the Court of Probate may authorize a person othe…

Sec. 45a-164. (Formerly Sec. 45-238). Sale or mortgage of real property. (a) Upon the written application of the conservator of the estate of any person, guardian of the estate of any minor, temporary administrator, administrator or trustee appointed by the court, including a tru…

Sec. 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 has been authorized under the provisions of sections 45a-164 to 45a-16…

Sec. 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 the provisions of sections 45a-164 to 45a-169, inclusive, and 45a-428 shall direct whether the sale shall…

Sec. 45a-167. (Formerly Sec. 45-244). Sale of real property by other than fiduciary. (a) Any court of probate to which an application to sell real property has been made under the provisions of section 45a-164, may authorize a person other than the fiduciary to sell it in accorda…

Sec. 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 provisions of sections 45a-164 to 45a-169, inclusive, and 45a-428 shall set forth the amount of money nec…

Sec. 45a-169. (Formerly Sec. 45-240). When probate bond not required. The Court of Probate may dispense with the requirement of a probate bond as set forth in sections 45a-162 to 45a-169, inclusive, if: (1) The fiduciary is a bank or trust company authorized to do business and ma…

Secs. 45a-170 to 45a-174. Reserved for future use. PART VI* ACCOUNTS *Annotation to former chapter 794: Cited. 153 C. 57.

Sec. 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 final accounts of testamentary trustees, trustees appointed by the Probate Courts, conser…

Sec. 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 in lieu of an account pursuant to rules of procedure adopted under section 45a-78 and the Probate Court approv…

Sec. 45a-177. (Formerly Sec. 45-268). Periodic rendering of accounts; hearing. Exceptions. (a) All conservators, guardians and trustees of testamentary trusts, unless excused by the will creating the trust, shall render periodic accounts of their trusts signed under penalty of fa…

Sec. 45a-178. (Formerly Sec. 45-269). Allowance of interim accounts. Notice and hearing. The Court of Probate shall direct what notice, if any, shall be given to the parties in interest of the filing of any account described in section 45a-177, and of the hearing thereon, and may…

Sec. 45a-179. (Formerly Sec. 45-270). Notice and hearing on final accounts. (a) When a conservator, guardian or trustee of a testamentary trust exhibits his or her final account to the Probate Court for allowance, the court shall appoint a time and place for a hearing on the acco…

Sec. 45a-180. (Formerly Sec. 45-271). Settlement of account of deceased fiduciary. Whenever an executor, administrator, conservator, guardian or trustee of any testamentary trust dies before completing and accounting for his or her trust, the executor or administrator of the dece…

Sec. 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 an account of a conservator of the estate, as defined in section 45a-644, to be audited in accor…

Secs. 45a-182 to 45a-185. Reserved for future use. PART VII* PROBATE APPEALS *Annotations to former chapter 796: Cited. 153 C. 57; 195 C. 123; 211 C. 121.

Sec. 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 service” has the same meaning as provided in section 45a-136f. (b) Any person aggrieve…

Sec. 45a-186a. Appeal from probate court after a hearing on the record. Transcripts. Expense. (a) In an appeal from an order, denial or decree of a Probate Court made after a hearing that is on the record under section 17a-498, 17a-543, 17a-543a, 17a-685 or 19a-131b, sections 45a…

Sec. 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 heard on the record in the Probate Court under section 17a-498, 17a-543, 17a-543a, 17a-685 or 19a-131b, sections 45a-644 to 45a-667v,…

Sec. 45a-186c. Appeal from probate court: Costs; waiver; tolling of appeal period. (a) In an appeal taken under section 45a-186, costs may be taxed in favor of the prevailing party in the same manner, and to the same extent, as such costs are allowed in judgments rendered by the …

Sec. 45a-187. (Formerly Sec. 45-289). Time of taking appeals. (a) An appeal by persons of the age of majority who are present or who have legal notice to be present, or who have been given notice of their right to request a hearing or have filed a written waiver of their right to…

Sec. 45a-188. (Formerly Sec. 45-291). Timing of taking appeals by minors. (a) Except as provided in this section, all appeals by persons who are minors at the time of the making of the order, denial or decree appealed from shall be taken within twelve months after they arrive at …

Sec. 45a-189. (Formerly Sec. 45-290). Amendment to appeal. Section 45a-189 is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (1955, S. 2949d; P.A. 80-476, S. 95; P.A. 09-114, S. 24.)

Sec. 45a-190. (Formerly Sec. 45-292). Appeals from actions of commissioners. Section 45a-190 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (1949 Rev., S. 7074; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 80-476, S. 96; P.A. 13-81, S. 21.)

Secs. 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. (1949 Rev., S. 7075, 7076; P.A. 80-476, S. 97, 98; P.A. 07-116, S. 33.)

Sec. 45a-193. (Formerly Sec. 45-295). Appellee to give bond in Superior Court. (a) In any appeal from any order or decree of a Probate Court, if the appellee is the party who applied for the order or decree and if the appellee appears in the Superior Court to contest the matter b…

Secs. 45a-194 to 45a-198. Reserved for future use.