2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 802h - Protected Persons and Their Property
Section 45a-659 - (Formerly Sec. 45-76). Conservator of nonresident's property.

(a) If any person not domiciled in this state and owning real property or tangible personal property in this state is incapable of managing his or her affairs, the court of probate for the district in which the property or some part of it is situated may, on the written application of a husband, wife or relative or of a conservator, committee or guardian having charge of the person or estate of the incapable person in the state where the incapable person is domiciled and after notice pursuant to section 45a-649 or such reasonable notice as the court may order, and a hearing as required pursuant to section 45a-650, appoint a conservator of the estate for the real property and tangible personal property in this state of the incapable person pursuant to section 45a-650. If an application for appointment of a conservator is made pursuant to this section, the court of probate may not act on the application until an attorney is appointed to represent the person in the manner set forth in section 45a-649a.

(b) If a conservator of the estate has been appointed for such an incapable person in the state of such person's domicile, (1) the court may, on application of the out-of-state conservator to act as conservator for real or tangible personal property of the incapable person in this state, appoint such person as conservator of the estate without a hearing, on presentation to the court of a certified copy of the conservator's appointment in the state of the incapable person's domicile, and (2) if the application is for the appointment of a person other than the out-of-state conservator to act as conservator of the estate, the court, at its hearing on the application, may accept a certified copy of the out-of-state appointment of a conservator as evidence of incapacity. As used in this subsection, a “conservator of the estate” in an out-of-state jurisdiction includes any person serving in the equivalent capacity in such state.

(c) The conservator of the estate for the property in this state shall give a probate bond, and shall, within two months after the date of his or her appointment, make and file in the court of probate, under penalty of false statement, an inventory of all the real property and tangible personal property in this state of the incapable person, appraised or caused to be appraised, by such conservator, at fair market value as of the date of the conservator's appointment.

(d) The proceeds of any sale of the real or tangible personal property, or the tangible personal property itself, may be transferred to the conservator, committee or guardian having charge of the person and estate of the incapable person in the state where the incapable person is domiciled, following the application and proceedings which are required by section 45a-635.

(1949 Rev., S. 6879; P.A. 80-476, S. 136; P.A. 87-565, S. 3; P.A. 94-24; P.A. 99-84, S. 29; P.A. 07-116, S. 22.)

History: P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and rephrased provisions; P.A. 87-565 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re appraisal of inventory of all property in this state of incapable person at fair market value at date of appointment of conservator; Sec. 45-76 transferred to Sec. 45a-659 in 1991; P.A. 94-24 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “residing” to “domiciled” and “property” to “real property or tangible personal property” and adding requirement of notice and hearing prior to appointment of conservator, inserted new Subsec. (b) re appointment of conservator of the estate in an out-of-state jurisdiction as conservator for real or tangible property of the incapable person in this state, relettering former Subsecs. (b) and (c) accordingly, amended Subsec. (c) by changing “property” to “real property or tangible personal property” and deleting provision re order of probate court re sale of property, and amended Subsec. (d) by changing “the sale of both real and personal property” to “any sale of either real property or tangible personal property, or both”; P.A. 99-84 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting “oath” and inserting “penalty of false statement”; P.A. 07-116 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “not domiciled in this state” for domiciled out of state, and provide that court may not act on application until an attorney is appointed, and amended Subsec. (d) to provide that tangible personal property itself may be transferred.

See Sec. 52-60 re appointment of judge of probate as attorney for nonresident fiduciary.

Annotation to former section 45-76:

Cited. 154 C. 249.