Sec. 47-14a. Joint tenancy in fee simple with survivorship.
Sec. 47-14a. Joint tenancy in fee simple with survivorship. A conveyance of
real estate or any interest therein by deed or will or other instrument of conveyance to
two or more natural persons, among whom may be the grantor or grantors, in such form
that the conveyance runs unto the grantees or devisees, whether as joint tenants or as
tenants in common, and unto the survivor of them, or unto the survivor and survivors
of them, and unto the last survivor's heirs and assigns, or in such form that the conveyance runs unto the grantees or devisees for their lives, or their joint lives, with a remainder
or other interest limited to the survivor of them and to the last survivor's heirs and
assigns, or in such form that the conveyance runs unto the grantees or devisees as joint
tenants with right of survivorship, or in such form that the conveyance runs unto two
grantees or devisees and to their heirs and assigns as tenants by the entirety, or in such
form that the conveyance runs unto the grantees or devisees with the words "as joint
tenants" added after their names, creates a joint tenancy in fee simple with right of
survivorship added and the tenants holding under any such conveyance shall be known
as joint tenants. The interests of the grantees under any such conveyance may be held
by them in equal or unequal shares. Where words of inheritance are omitted as to any
grantee therein except the survivor, any such conveyance otherwise legally sufficient
and appropriate to convey any fee simple title to any grantee or person who becomes
entitled thereto pursuant to this section and sections 47-14b to 47-14k, inclusive, by
reason of any severance or otherwise, is fully effective to convey the title regardless of
the omission.
(1959, P.A. 677, S. 1; P.A. 79-602, S. 24; P.A. 84-70; P.A. 99-8.)
History: P.A. 79-602 made minor changes in wording but made no substantive change; P.A. 84-70 included conveyance
of real estate "in such form that the conveyance runs unto the grantees or devisees with the words `as joint tenants' added
after their names"; P.A. 99-8 added provision that interests of grantees may be held in equal or unequal shares.
Mere omission of word "heirs" in grant in deed executed in 1948 held not sufficient to defeat otherwise clearly expressed
intent to create fee, nor arbitrarily to reduce it to life estate. 149 C. 137. Joint tenant wife was entitled to exoneration of
mortgage made by her husband on property he first owned as sole owner and later transferred to them jointly. His estate
was liable for all the mortgage as the debt was incurred solely by the decedent. 158 C. 225. Cited. Id., 229. Cited. 204 C.
502. Sec. 47-14a et seq. also cited. Id.
Cited. 32 CS 227.
Although a 1956 instrument of conveyance contained no reference to the creation of a joint tenancy, it did contain some
reference to survivorship; consequently, by virtue of this statute, the court will hold that a joint tenancy was created. 3
Conn. Cir. Ct. 664, 668.