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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) When it appears to any Probate Court, pending proceedings before it for the settlement of the estate of a deceased person as a testate estate, that the will under which such proceedings were commenced and have been continued had been revoked in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 45a-257 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1995, with respect to any will executed on or after October 1, 1967, and prior to January 1, 1997, or in accordance with the provisions of section 45a-257 with respect to any will executed on or after January 1, 1997, the court shall have power to revoke, annul and set aside any order or decree proving or approving the will so revoked and any other order or decree made and passed by such court in the settlement of the estate under such will.
(b) The court may thereafter proceed with the settlement of the estate under a subsequent will if there is one or, if there is no subsequent will, may grant administration on the estate of such deceased person and proceed with the settlement of the estate as an intestate estate upon such notice to all parties in interest as the court orders.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 45A. Probate Courts and Procedure § 45a-295. Court may revoke, annul or set aside order or decree passed under revoked will. Subsequent settlement procedure - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-45a-probate-courts-and-procedure/ct-gen-st-sect-45a-295/
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