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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) If any claim is not presented on or before the day which is one hundred fifty days from the date of the appointment of the first fiduciary, no fiduciary shall be chargeable for any assets that a fiduciary may have paid or distributed in good faith in satisfaction of any lawful claims, expenses or taxes or to any beneficiary before such claim was presented. A payment or distribution of assets by a fiduciary shall be deemed to have been made in good faith unless the creditor can prove that the fiduciary had actual knowledge of such claim at the time of such payment or distribution. Such one-hundred-fifty-day period shall not be interrupted or affected by (1) failure of publication or defective publication of the newspaper notice required by section 45a-354 or (2) the death, resignation or removal of a fiduciary, except that the time during which there is no fiduciary in office shall not be counted as part of such period.
(b) No fiduciary shall be chargeable for any assets that a fiduciary may have paid or distributed at any time pursuant to a widow's allowance or family allowance ordered by the Court of Probate.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 45A. Probate Courts and Procedure § 45a-356. Effect of failure to present claim; exoneration of fiduciary - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-45a-probate-courts-and-procedure/ct-gen-st-sect-45a-356/
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