The Court of Probate shall not order the sale of any real property of a deceased person, when such real property has been conveyed or mortgaged by the heirs or devisees of the deceased person to a purchaser or mortgagee, in good faith and for value, except within the period of ten years after the death of the deceased person; but a sale of the equity of redemption in real property mortgaged as provided in this section may be ordered by the court subject to such mortgage.

(1949 Rev., S. 7029; P.A. 80-476, S. 304.)

History: P.A. 80-476 restated provisions and substituted “real property” for “real estate”; Sec. 45-245 transferred to Sec. 45-257b in 1981; Sec. 45-257b transferred to Sec. 45a-327 in 1991.