{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-429","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-429","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 45-271e). Contribution where estate is taken to pay debts.","body":"When any estate bequeathed or devised to any person is taken for the payment of debts and charges, all the other legatees, devisees or heirs shall contribute their proportional part of the estate to the person from whom such legacy or devise is taken and he may maintain an action to compel such contribution.","path":["TITLE 45a. PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 802b. DECEDENTS' ESTATES","PART IX*. DISTRIBUTION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_802b.htm#sec_45a-429","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":"ee634555e4c83261a13626600b83dcefb57e5b32a14ef0911c705133b1815bfd","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-428","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-430"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}