Connecticut § 12-18 - Superior court may order compliance with statute.
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§ 12-18. Superior court may order compliance with statute.
Sec. 12-18. Superior court may order compliance with statute. Upon finding the allegations of such application to be true, or that such judge of probate has been delinquent with respect to the filing of any record or document relating to any estate required by law to be filed with the Commissioner of Revenue Services, such superior court or judge may issue an order in the nature of a peremptory mandamus requiring such judge of probate to comply with the provisions of the statutes in relation thereto, which provisions shall be particularly mentioned in such order, and shall render judgment against such judge of probate, with costs as in mandamus proceedings. Any judge of probate who fails to comply with any order issued by the authority of the provisions of this section shall be in contempt, and the court or judge issuing the same may punish him therefor as in mandamus proceedings. Any person aggrieved by any order issued on such application shall have the same right to review by the Supreme Court as in case of mandamus proceedings.
(1949 Rev., S. 1696; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-18 ("Superior court may order compliance with statute.") is part of the Connecticut General Statutes, the codified statutory law of Connecticut. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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