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§ 45a-291 — (Formerly Sec. 45-189). Executor to administer intestate part of an estate.

Connecticut § 45a-291
JurisdictionConnecticut
Title 45aProbate Courts and Procedure
Ch. 802bDecedents' Estates

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-291 (2026).

Text

When a will which disposes of only a part of the estate of the testator is admitted to probate, the executor of such will, or the administrator with the will annexed, shall, unless otherwise specified in such will, be, ex officio, the administrator of the intestate estate and shall proceed to settle the entire estate according to the will and according to law.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 6977.) History: Sec. 45-189 transferred to Sec. 45a-291 in 1991. Annotations to former section 45-189: Cited. 70 C. 375; 133 C. 703.

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