CT HB05441

Dissolution of marriage automatically revokes beneficiary designations, property dispositions, and fiduciary nominations naming a former spouse or former spouse's relatives in trusts, insurance policies, retirement accounts, and similar non-probate instruments, effective January 1, 2027

Joint tenancy property (other than real estate) held by divorced spouses converts to equal tenancies in common upon divorce, eliminating the right of survivorship

Revoked provisions are treated as if the former spouse and their relatives died immediately before the divorce, and provisions can be revived if the couple remarries or the divorce is nullified

Extends existing will revocation rules to also cover relatives of the former spouse, and expands health care representative and power of attorney termination provisions to include relatives of the former spouse

Payors and third parties acting in good faith before receiving written notice of divorce are protected from liability; former spouses or their relatives who receive property they are not entitled to must return it or face personal liability