When any estate bequeathed or devised to any person is taken for the payment of debts and charges, all the other legatees, devisees or heirs shall contribute their proportional part of the estate to the person from whom such legacy or devise is taken and he may maintain an action to compel such contribution.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-429
(Formerly Sec. 45-271e). Contribution where estate is taken to pay debts
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Bonnie L. Avery v. Estate of Allen D. Avery (2018)
Most recently applied in Bonnie L. Avery v. Estate of Allen D. Avery (June 2018)
(1949 Rev., S. 6968; P.A. 80-476, S. 316.) History: P.A. 80-476 deleted exception re widows “in case the devise has been made in lieu of dower” and made wording change; Sec. 45-…
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