{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-365","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-365","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 45-230n). Order of payment of claims, expenses and taxes.","body":"Claims, expenses and taxes in the settlement of a decedent's estate shall be entitled to preference and payment in the following order of priority: (1) Funeral expenses; (2) expenses of settling the estate; (3) claims due for the last sickness of the decedent; (4) all lawful taxes and all claims due the state of Connecticut and the United States; (5) all claims due any laborer or mechanic for personal wages for labor performed by such laborer or mechanic for the decedent within three months immediately before the decease of such person; (6) other preferred claims; and (7) all other claims allowed in proportion to their respective amounts.","path":["TITLE 45a. PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 802b. DECEDENTS' ESTATES","PART VII*. CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENTS' ESTATES FOR DECEDENTS DYING ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1987"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_802b.htm#sec_45a-365","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"d4e5ea46a0e1997b5e307a6c02d31d1a14cf1e0ee2b496a962b87363efa0f0ea","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-364","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-366"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}