Sec. 4a-14. (Formerly Sec. 4-68b). Estate administrator.
Sec. 4a-14. (Formerly Sec. 4-68b). Estate administrator. There shall be an estate
administrator in the Department of Administrative Services, appointed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under the provisions of chapter 67. In the case of
a vacancy in such office and the filling of such vacancy by the commissioner, said
commissioner shall file with the several probate courts a certificate attesting his appointment of a successor estate administrator and such successor shall be appointed by the
Probate Court as the fiduciary in each case before it wherein the estate administrator
was fiduciary without application, notice or hearing effective on the date of such vacancy. The Auditors of Public Accounts shall immediately make an audit of the accounts
of the previous estate administrator and, if such accounts are found in order, they shall
so certify to the Commissioner of Administrative Services. No final accounting of the
previous estate administrator shall be required, provided the successor estate administrator shall include in his next accounting all the doings in each estate since the last previous
accounting. Before entering upon the duties of his office the estate administrator shall
take the oath provided by law for public officers.
(1967, P.A. 314, S. 19; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 71, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced division of central collections and commissioner of finance and control with department
and commissioner of administrative services, respectively; Sec. 4-68b transferred to Sec. 4a-14 in 1989.