{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-503g","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-503g","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this section and sections 52-503h to 52-503r, inclusive:\n(1) “Ascendant” means an individual who precedes another individual in lineage, in the direct line of ascent from the other individual;\n(2) “Collateral” means an individual who is related to another individual under the law of intestate succession of this state but who is not the other individual's ascendant or descendant;\n(3) “Descendant” means an individual who follows another individual in lineage, in the direct line of descent from the other individual;\n(4) “Determination of value” means a court order (A) determining the fair market value of heirs' property under section 52-503k or 52-503o, or (B) adopting the valuation of the property agreed to by all cotenants;\n(5) “Heirs' property” means real property held in tenancy in common which satisfies all of the following requirements as of the date of filing a partition action:\n(A) There is no agreement in a record binding all the cotenants which governs the partition of the property;\n(B) One or more of the cotenants acquired title from a relative, whether living or deceased; and\n(C) Any of the following apply:\n(i) Twenty per cent or more of the interests are held by cotenants who are relatives;\n(ii) Twenty per cent or more of the interests are held by an individual who acquired title from a relative, whether living or deceased; or\n(iii) Twenty per cent or more of the cotenants are relatives;\n(6) “Partition by sale” means a court-ordered sale of the entire heirs' property, whether by auction, sealed bids, or open-market sale conducted under section 52-503o;\n(7) “Partition in kind” means the division of heirs' property into physically distinct and separately titled parcels;\n(8) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and\n(9) “Relative” means an ascendant, descendant or collateral or an individual otherwise related to another individual by blood, marriage, adoption or law of this state other than the provisions of sections 52-503f to 52-503r, inclusive.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 919*. PARTITION OR SALE OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_919.htm#sec_52-503g","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:18Z","sha256":"3ca33a40aab7df01e62f9a98950bee230f33b531b8557517f846d6e6323cc58c","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-503f","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-503h"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}