# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-478: Sec. 45a-478. (Formerly Sec. 45-87). Appointment of trustee when person has disappeared. Trustee's rights and duties. Procedure if person reappears > Connecticut · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T45a_C802c_S45a-478 ## Section - **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-478 - **Heading:** Sec. 45a-478. (Formerly Sec. 45-87). Appointment of trustee when person has disappeared. Trustee's rights and duties. Procedure if person reappears - **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 45a / Chapter 802c / Section 45a-478 ## Text (b) Diligent search shall be deemed to have been made for any person who has disappeared while serving with the armed forces when such person has been reported or listed as missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country or beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy. (c) Such trustee, upon giving a probate bond, shall have charge of such property, and he shall have the same powers, duties and obligations as a conservator of the estate of an incapable person. With the approval of the court of probate, such trustee may use any portion of the income or principal of such property for the support of the spouse and minor children of such person. (d) Upon its own motion or upon the application of any interested person, the court of probate may, after public notice and a hearing thereon, remove, discharge, require an accounting from, or appoint a successor to, such trustee. (e) The court of probate may continue such trustee in office until satisfactory proof of the death of such person is furnished, until proceedings are taken to settle his estate on the presumption of his death under the provisions of section 45a-329 , or for a period of seven years from the time of the disappearance of such person if he remains unheard of. (f) In case of the reappearance of such person, the court of probate shall, on his application, after hearing and public notice thereof, order the restoration of such property to the person entitled thereto and the discharge of such trustee, after acceptance of the trustee's account. See Sec. 52-60 re appointment of probate judge as attorney for nonresident fiduciary. ## Nearby sections - [Conn. Gen. 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Stat. § 45a-487n Sec. 45a-487n. Irrevocability of trust instrument.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T45a_C802c_S45a-487n.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T45a_C802c_S45a-478. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.