If the title to any property to which sections 45a-458 to 45a-466, inclusive, apply is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which sections 45a-458 to 45a-466, inclusive, apply unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee or creditor of the decedent.(P.A. 85-340, S. 6.)History: Sec. 45-298f transferred to Sec. 45a-463 in 1991. If the title to any property to which sections 45a-458 to 45a-466, inclusive, apply is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which sections 45a-458 to 45a-466, inclusive, apply unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee or creditor of the decedent.(P.A. 85-340, S. 6.)History: Sec. 45-298f transferred to Sec. 45a-463 in 1991.
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