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

Sec. 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 the testator's surviving spouse who married the testator after the execution of the wi…

Sec. 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, if a testator fails to provide in the testator's will for any of the testator's children…

Sec. 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 by dissolution, divorce or annulment, the dissolution, divorce or annulment shall revoke any disp…

Sec. 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 of sections 45a-257 to 45a-257c, inclusive, with respect to wills admitted in their respective districts. (P.A. 96-95, S. 5; 96…

Sec. 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 prior to January 1, 1997, shall be governed by the provisions of section 45a-257 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, rev…

Sec. 45a-257f. Revocation of will executed on or after January 1, 1997. The provisions of sections 45a-257a to 45a-257c, inclusive, shall be effective only as to wills executed on or after January 1, 1997. (P.A. 96-202, S. 10.)

Sec. 45a-258. (Formerly Sec. 45-172). Devise or bequest to subscribing witness. Every devise or bequest given in any will or codicil to a subscribing witness, or to the husband or wife of such subscribing witness, shall be void unless such will or codicil is legally attested with…

Sec. 45a-259. (Formerly Sec. 45-173). Reference to document creating trust. The reference in a will or codicil to a trust document by which a devise or bequest is made to such trust shall not thereby cause such trust or such part of the assets thereof distributed to it by such de…

Sec. 45a-260. (Formerly Sec. 45-173a). Uniform Testamentary Additions to Trusts Act. (a) A will may validly devise or bequeath property to the trustee or trustees of a trust established or to be established (1) during the testator's lifetime by the testator, by the testator and s…

Sec. 45a-261. (Formerly Sec. 45-160a). Effect of devise of all real property. Every devise purporting to convey all the real property of the testator shall be construed to convey all the real property belonging to him at the time of his decease, unless it clearly appears by his w…

Sec. 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”, “unlawful heir…

Sec. 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 prior to October 1, 1972, it shall be construed to mean a person who has attained the age of twenty-one. (1972, P.A. 127, S. …

Sec. 45a-264. (Formerly Sec. 45-174a). Reference to Internal Revenue Code. A devise or bequest, outright or in trust, given in any will or codicil or republication thereof in any codicil shall not be deemed invalid by reason of any reference therein to the United States Internal …

Sec. 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 provision for a gift, whether outright or in trust, to or for the benefit of the spouse of the testat…

Sec. 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 or other charge at the time of the…

Sec. 45a-267. (Formerly Sec. 45-184). Bequest of perishable property for life or years. When a testator, by his will, bequeaths the use, for life or for a term of years, of any livestock, provisions, wearing apparel or other personal property which will necessarily be consumed by…