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Sec. 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 issue shall include children born out
of wedlock and the issue of such children who qualify for inheritance under
the provisions of section 45a-438.
Sec. 45a-439. (Formerly Sec. 45-276).
Distribution when there are no children or representatives of them.
(a) (1) If there are no children or any legal representatives of them, then,
after the portion of the husband or wife, if any, is distributed or set out,
the residue of the estate shall be distributed equally to the parent or
parents of the intestate, provided no parent who has abandoned a minor child
and continued such abandonment until the time of death of such child, shall
be entitled to share in the estate of such child or be deemed a parent for
the purposes of subdivisions (2) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection.
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(2) If there is no parent, the residue of the
estate shall be distributed equally to the brothers and sisters of the
intestate and those who legally represent them.
(3) If there is no parent or brothers and
sisters or those who legally represent them, the residue of the estate shall
be distributed equally to the next of kin in equal degree. No
representatives shall be admitted among collaterals after the
representatives of brothers and sisters.
(4)
If there is no next of kin, then the residue of the estate shall be
distributed equally to the stepchildren and those who legally represent
them.
(b) When any will executed prior to January 1, 1902, fails for any reason to
dispose of the whole or any part of the estate of the testator, and such
estate becomes intestate, the same shall be distributed in accordance with
the statutes of distribution in force at the time such will was executed.
(c) Real property subject to the life use of husband or wife, remaining
undivided at the expiration of such life use, shall be distributed in the
same manner by the same or other distributors, or the same may be
distributed during the continuance of such life interest and subject
thereto.
(d) In ascertaining the next of kin in all cases, the rule of the civil law
shall be used.
(e) Relatives of the half blood shall take the same share under this section
that they would take if they were of the whole blood.
Sec. 45a-452. (Formerly Sec. 45-287b). When property escheats to the
state.
Procedure. When a probate court cannot identify or locate the person
entitled to a distribution of property from an estate or trust being
administered by it, or when a probate court determines that no person is
entitled to any property on hand for distribution, the probate court shall
order distribution of such property to the State Treasurer as abandoned
property in accordance with the provisions of part III of chapter 32. A
probate court shall cause reasonable efforts to be made to identify and
locate the person entitled to the property for distribution before ordering
distribution as abandoned property. Nothing in this section shall prevent a
court of probate from approving an agreement pursuant to section 45a-434
provided all undetermined or missing distributees are represented by counsel
and any such agreement is signed by such counsel.
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