Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-14h (2025)

Provisions applicable to joint tenancies with survivorship

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All provisions of existing statutes applicable to joint tenancies are applicable to joint tenancies with right of survivorship.

(1959, P.A. 677, S. 8; P.A. 79-602, S. 31.)

History: P.A. 79-602 substituted “are” for “shall be”.

Cited. 204 C. 502; 224 C. 219.

Cited. 29 CS 465.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2000 · leading case: Geib v. McKinney, 617 A.2d 1377 (Conn. 1992).
Geib v. McKinney, 617 A.2d 1377 (Conn. 1992). · cites it 3× “General Statutes § 47-14h, which was enacted subsequent to § 52-495, provides that “[ajll provisions of existing statutes applicable to joint tenancies are applicable to joint tenancies with right of survivorship.”
Fernandes v. Rodriguez, 761 A.2d 1283 (Conn. 2000). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 47-14h. “Due to the frequent impracticality inherent in actual division, however, all states, except Maine, have, by statute, expanded the right to partition to permit a partition by sale under certain circumstances.”
Coan v. Bernier (In re Bernier), 176 B.R. 976 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1995). · cites it 2× “2d 1377 (1992); see Conn.Gen.Stat.Ann. § 47-14h (West 1986). Connecticut does not follow the minority rule that a right of sur-vivorship creates an indestructible contingent remainder.”
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