(a) In any appeal from any order or decree of a Probate Court, if the appellee is the party who applied for the order or decree and if the appellee appears in the Superior Court to contest the matter being appealed, the court may, at its discretion, order the appellee to give bond to the state for the payment to the appellant of the appellant’s costs of suit if judgment is rendered for the appellant.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 45a-193

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Probate: Proving a will

(b) If the appellee neglects to comply with the order of the court, the court may make any disposition of the case favorable to the appellant that it deems proper.