There shall be fifty-four probate districts in this state, for all purposes for which they are constituted, that shall comprise the towns that are set forth as follows:
(1) The town of Hartford.
(2) The town of West Hartford.
(3) The towns of Bloomfield, East Granby, Suffield and Windsor Locks.
(4) The towns of East Windsor, South Windsor and Windsor.
(5) The town of East Hartford.
(6) The towns of Glastonbury and Hebron.
(7) The towns of Newington, Rocky Hill and Wethersfield.
(8) The towns of Berlin and New Britain.
(9) The towns of Avon, Canton, Granby and Simsbury.
(10) The towns of Burlington, Farmington and Plainville.
(11) The towns of Enfield, Somers, Stafford and Union.
(12) The towns of Ellington and Vernon.
(13) The towns of Andover, Bolton, Columbia and Manchester.
(14) The towns of East Haddam, East Hampton, Marlborough and Portland.
(15) The towns of Cromwell, Durham, Middlefield and Middletown.
(16) The town of Meriden.
(17) The town of Wallingford.
(18) The towns of Cheshire and Southington.
(19) The towns of Bristol and Plymouth.
(20) The towns of Waterbury and Wolcott.
(21) The towns of Beacon Falls, Middlebury, Naugatuck and Prospect.
(22) The towns of Bethlehem, Oxford, Roxbury, Southbury, Washington, Watertown and Woodbury.
(23) The towns of Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Hartland, New Hartford, Torrington and Winchester.
(24) The towns of Canaan, Cornwall, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston and Warren.
(25) The towns of Coventry, Mansfield, Tolland and Willington.
(26) The towns of Ashford, Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson and Woodstock.
(27) The towns of Canterbury, Killingly, Plainfield and Sterling.
(28) The towns of Chaplin, Colchester, Hampton, Lebanon, Scotland and Windham.
(29) The towns of Bozrah, Franklin, Griswold, Lisbon, Norwich, Preston, Sprague and Voluntown.
(30) The towns of Groton, Ledyard, North Stonington and Stonington.
(31) The towns of New London and Waterford.
(32) The towns of East Lyme, Montville, Old Lyme and Salem.
(33) The towns of Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook.
(34) The towns of Guilford and Madison.
(35) The towns of Branford and North Branford.
(36) The towns of East Haven and North Haven.
(37) The towns of Bethany and Hamden.
(38) The town of New Haven.
(39) The town of West Haven.
(40) The towns of Milford and Orange.
(41) The towns of Ansonia, Derby, Seymour and Woodbridge.
(42) The town of Shelton.
(43) The town of Danbury.
(44) The towns of Bridgewater, Brookfield, New Fairfield, New Milford and Sherman.
(45) The towns of Bethel, Newtown, Ridgefield and Redding.
(46) The towns of Easton, Monroe and Trumbull.
(47) The town of Stratford.
(48) The town of Bridgeport.
(49) The town of Fairfield.
(50) The towns of Weston and Westport.
(51) The towns of Norwalk and Wilton.
(52) The towns of Darien and New Canaan.
(53) The town of Stamford.
(54) The town of Greenwich.
(1949 Rev., S. 6810; 1953, S. 2892d; 1957, P.A. 8; 1959, P.A. 336, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A. 483, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-567, S. 24, 80; P.A. 78-247, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-476, S. 3; P.A. 82-4, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-186, S. 1; P.A. 87-581, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-60, S. 1, 3; P.A. 98-1, S. 1, 4; P.A. 02-2, S. 1; 02-5, S. 1; P.A. 04-19, S. 1; P.A. 06-2, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1, S. 1; P.A. 10-121, S. 1; P.A. 15-217, S. 27.)
History: 1959 act created probate district of Windsor Locks, amending probate district of Hartford accordingly; 1965 act created probate district of Southbury, amending probate district of Woodbury accordingly; P.A. 75-567 created probate districts of Glastonbury and Newington, amending probate district of Hartford accordingly, created probate district of Orange, amending probate district of New Haven accordingly, and created district of New Fairfield; P.A. 78-247 created probate district of Griswold, amending probate district of Norwich accordingly; P.A. 80-476 added Subsec. indicators; P.A. 82-4 amended Subsec. (a) to establish the probate district of West Hartford, consisting of West Hartford and Bloomfield (previously in probate district of Hartford); P.A. 85-186 created probate district of Woodbridge, amending probate district of New Haven accordingly; P.A. 87-581 added the probate district of Bloomfield, consisting of the town of Bloomfield and eliminated the town of Bloomfield from the probate district of West Hartford, effective January 9, 1991; Sec. 45-1 transferred to Sec. 45a-2 in 1991; P.A. 96-60 amended Subsec. (e) by eliminating the probate district of Chaplin and including the town of Chaplin in the probate district of Eastford, effective January 6, 1999; P.A. 98-1 amended Subsec. (h) merging the probate district of Coventry into the probate district of Mansfield and merging the probate district of Somers into the probate district of Stafford, effective January 6, 1999; P.A. 02-2 amended Subsecs. (a) and (f) and added Subsec. (i) merging the probate districts of Barkhamsted and Hartland into the probate district of New Hartford, effective January 8, 2003; P.A. 02-5 amended Subsec. (c) merging the probate district of Lebanon into the probate district of Colchester, amended Subsec. (d) merging the probate district of Sherman into the probate district of New Fairfield, amended Subsec. (e) merging the probate districts of Canterbury and Sterling into the probate district of Plainfield and amended Subsec. (f) merging the probate district of Watertown into the probate district of Woodbury, effective January 8, 2003; P.A. 04-19 amended Subsec. (f) by merging the probate districts of Canaan, Cornwall, Salisbury and Sharon into the probate district of the Northwest Corner, effective January 3, 2007; P.A. 06-2 amended Subsec. (a) by merging the probate districts of Suffield and East Granby into the probate district of Suffield-East Granby and amended Subsec. (f) by merging the probate district of Kent into the probate district of Litchfield and merging the probate district of Norfolk into the probate district of the Northwest Corner, effective January 3, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1 replaced former provisions with provisions re 54 probate districts, effective January 5, 2011; P.A. 10-121 moved provision re town of Union from Subdiv. (26) to Subdiv. (11), effective January 5, 2011; P.A. 15-217 moved reference to town of Plainville from Subdiv. (19) to Subdiv. (10), effective January 9, 2019.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 801 - Probate Court: Administrative Provisions
Section 45a-1. (Formerly Sec. 45-2a). - “District” defined.
Section 45a-2. (Formerly Sec. 45-1). - Probate districts.
Section 45a-2a. - Probate district names. Designation. Publication.
Section 45a-7. (Formerly Sec. 45-3). - Where court held.
Section 45a-8a. - Regional Children's Probate Courts.
Section 45a-8b. - Extended family guardianship and assisted care pilot program. Regulations.
Section 45a-8c. - Truancy clinic. Administration. Policies and procedures. Report.
Section 45a-9. (Formerly Sec. 45-13). - Indexes.
Section 45a-11. (Formerly Sec. 45-15). - Certification of records and files.
Section 45a-19. (Formerly Sec. 45-6). - Electoral status of judges.
Section 45a-20. (Formerly Sec. 45-4k). - Payment of three-judge court.
Section 45a-21. (Formerly Sec. 45-4c). - Court employees to serve at pleasure of judge.
Section 45a-24. (Formerly Sec. 45-9). - Validity of orders, judgments and decrees.
Section 45a-34. (Formerly Sec. 45-29a). - Definitions.
Section 45a-35. (Formerly Sec. 45-29b). - Probate Judges and Employees Retirement Fund.
Section 45a-36. (Formerly Sec. 45-29c). - Retirement qualifications.
Section 45a-37. (Formerly Sec. 45-29d). - Retirement date.
Section 45a-38. (Formerly Sec. 45-29e). - Retirement of employee after ten years of service.
Section 45a-39. (Formerly Sec. 45-29f). - Retirement of judge after ten years of service.
Section 45a-40. (Formerly Sec. 45-29g). - Disability retirement.
Section 45a-42. (Formerly Sec. 45-29i). - Reemployment after retirement.
Section 45a-43. (Formerly Sec. 45-29j). - Husband and wife retirement income option.
Section 45a-44. (Formerly Sec. 45-29k). - Retirement contributions of employees.
Section 45a-45. (Formerly Sec. 45-29l). - Retirement contributions of judges.
Section 45a-46. (Formerly Sec. 45-29m). - Refund of contributions after death.
Section 45a-47. (Formerly Sec. 45-29n). - Employment by more than one probate court.
Section 45a-48. (Formerly Sec. 45-29o). - Benefits not assignable.
Section 45a-49. (Formerly Sec. 45-29p). - Disposition of retirement contributions.
Section 45a-50. (Formerly Sec. 45-29q). - Administration of retirement allowances.
Section 45a-51. (Formerly Sec. 45-29r). - Liability of courts.
Section 45a-52. (Formerly Sec. 45-29s). - Liability of retirement fund in event of statutory change.
Section 45a-53. (Formerly Sec. 45-29t). - Service as judge and employee.
Section 45a-54. (Formerly Sec. 45-29w). - Credit for military service and General Assembly service.
Section 45a-55. (Formerly Sec. 45-29x). - Pension claims. Denial. Review.
Section 45a-62. (Formerly Sec. 45-11d). - Council on Probate Judicial Conduct.
Section 45a-63a. - Time limitation re complaint for misconduct.
Section 45a-64. (Formerly Sec. 45-11f). - Hearing.
Section 45a-66. (Formerly Sec. 45-11h). - Witnesses before council.
Section 45a-67. (Formerly Sec. 45-11i). - Expenses of council paid from probate fund.
Section 45a-68. (Formerly Sec. 45-11j). - Probate judge to file statement of financial interests.
Section 45a-75. (Formerly Sec. 45-29u). - Probate Court Administrator, salary and benefits.
Section 45a-76. (Formerly Sec. 45-4e). - Biennial report by Probate Court Administrator.
Section 45a-79b. - Special assignment probate judges.
Section 45a-79c. - Court of probate business hours.
Section 45a-80. (Formerly Sec. 45-4a). - Office space.
Section 45a-83. (Formerly Sec. 45-4i). - Payment of expenses. Transfers from General Fund.
Section 45a-90. (Formerly Sec. 45-24). - Connecticut Probate Assembly. Meetings. Powers and duties.
Section 45a-91. (Formerly Sec. 45-25). - Officers and committees.
Section 45a-92. (Formerly Sec. 45-26). - Payments to State Treasurer.
Section 45a-95. - Compensation of probate judges on and after January 5, 2011: Definitions.
Section 45a-95a. - Compensation of probate judges on and after January 5, 2011.