2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 802b - Decedents’ Estates
Section 45a-442 - (Formerly Sec. 45-276b). Lapsed devises of real property.

CT Gen Stat § 45a-442 (2015) What's This?

When a specific devise of real property in any will executed after October 1, 1947, is void or lapses or for any other reason fails to take effect, the real property so devised, except as provided in section 45a-441, in the absence of any provision in the will for such contingency, shall pass under and be disposed of by the residuary clause in the will.

(1949 Rev., S. 6955; P.A. 80-476, S. 325.)

History: P.A. 80-476 substituted “real property” for “real estate”; Sec. 45-177 transferred to Sec. 45-276b in 1981; Sec. 45-276b transferred to Sec. 45a-442 in 1991.

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