Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-503 (2025)
Partition or sale of property when estate in settlement
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No partition, or sale in lieu of partition, may be made of any property, real or personal, belonging wholly to an estate in settlement in any court of probate until the estate is ready for distribution.
(1949 Rev., S. 8239; P.A. 82-160, S. 193.)
History: P.A. 82-160 made minor changes in wording.
Cited. 43 C. 560. Necessity of confirmation of sale by court. 98 C. 152. Cited. Id., 397.
Cited. 5 CA 142. Section is a limitation on partition and sale powers granted to Superior Court and a limitation on Superior Court's otherwise concurrent jurisdiction with Probate Court. 50 CA 132.
Cited. 4 CS 67. Does not apply where only a portion of the property is “an estate in settlement”. 19 CS 421. Cited. 29 CS 465.
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Secs. 52-503a to 52-503e. Reserved for future use.
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case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Gallant v. Cavallaro, 717 A.2d 283 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998).
Gallant v. Cavallaro, 717 A.2d 283 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998). “) Thus, § 52-503 is a limitation on the partition and sale powers granted to the Superior Court by §§ 52-495 and 52-500 and, therefore, a limitation on the Superior Court’s otherwise concurrent jurisdiction with the Probate Court.”
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