Sec. 45a-437. Intestate succession. Distribution to spouse.
Sec. 45a-437. Intestate succession. Distribution to spouse. (a) If there is no will,
or if any part of the property, real or personal, legally or equitably owned by the decedent
at the time of his or her death, is not effectively disposed of by the will or codicil of the
decedent, the portion of the intestate estate of the decedent, determined after payment of
any support allowance from principal pursuant to section 45a-320, which the surviving
spouse shall take is:
(1) If there is no surviving issue or parent of the decedent, the entire intestate estate
absolutely;
(2) If there is no surviving issue of the decedent but the decedent is survived by a
parent or parents, the first one hundred thousand dollars plus three-quarters of the balance of the intestate estate absolutely;
(3) If there are surviving issue of the decedent all of whom are also issue of the
surviving spouse, the first one hundred thousand dollars plus one-half of the balance of
the intestate estate absolutely;
(4) If there are surviving issue of the decedent one or more of whom are not issue
of the surviving spouse, one-half of the intestate estate absolutely.
(b) For the purposes of this section issue shall include children born out of wedlock
and the issue of such children who qualify for inheritance under the provisions of section
45a-438.
(P.A. 90-146, S. 10; P.A. 92-118, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 92-118 changed reference to "45a-437" to "45a-438".
See Sec. 45a-436(g) re intestate share of surviving spouse who, without sufficient cause, abandoned the other and
continued such abandonment to the time of the other's death.
Annotation to former section 45-273a:
Cited. 226 C. 51.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 226 C. 51.
Cited. 34 CA 579.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (4) cited. 238 C. 839.