Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 801 - Probate Court: Administrative Provisions
Section 45a-54. (Formerly Sec. 45-29w). - Credit for military service and General Assembly service.

(a) Any judge or employee who is not yet receiving a retirement allowance may apply to the Retirement Commission for credit for service as a member of the General Assembly and for military service, consisting of war service, as defined in section 27-103 and described in subdivision (28) of section 5-196, and national emergency service as defined by law, provided credit for such military and General Assembly service shall not exceed three years in the aggregate. Any such application for credit for service as a member of the General Assembly must be filed within one year of the date upon which the judge or employee first becomes a member or within one year of October 1, 1986, whichever is later. Any such application for credit for military service must be filed within one year of the date upon which the judge or employee first becomes a member or within one year of October 1, 1994, whichever is later.

(b) Upon receiving an application, the Retirement Commission shall grant credit for General Assembly and military service, provided: (1) The member who has performed such service has not received and will not receive a pension from any source other than the probate retirement system as a result of such service; (2) the member makes retirement contributions in an amount determined by the Retirement Commission to be sufficient to pay both the retirement contribution of the member as an employee or judge and the current service cost to the Probate Court Administration Fund for financing the pension credit for such period or periods; and (3) such contributions are paid during the twelve months following the member's application in the manner and subject to the requirements and penalties provided by section 45a-44 for employee members or section 45a-45 for judges.
(c) For an employee member, the commission shall determine the amount of the contribution required, for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, based on his annual rate of pay at the date of application. For a judge member, the commission shall determine said amount based on the average of the annual actual net income for the judge of his court, as determined from the income reports filed under section 45a-92, for the three calendar years prior to the date of application, except that if the judge applying for such credit has taken office in a probate district which has not been in existence for three years, the Probate Court Administrator initially shall estimate said annual net income; thereafter, such judge shall make or receive an adjustment in contributions, during the fourth calendar year of his service as a judge of probate, such that his retirement contributions for his purchased service credit shall be computed on the basis of the average of his annual actual net income for the first three calendar years of his service as a judge of probate.
(P.A. 86-242, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-279, S. 17; P.A. 96-168, S. 26, 34; P.A. 13-247, S. 338.)
History: Sec. 45-29w transferred to Sec. 45a-54 in 1991; P.A. 93-279 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision requiring application for credit for military service to be filed within one year of date when judge or employee first becomes a member or within one year of October 1, 1994, whichever is later; P.A. 96-168 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical change which changed the reference to “subsection (bb)” to “subdivision (29)”, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 13-247 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2013.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

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-3 to 45a-6. (Formerly Secs. 45-1d to 45-1g). - Probate district of Griswold established. Probate district of West Hartford established. Probate district of Woodbridge established. Probate district of Bloomfield established.

Section 45a-6a to 45a-6k. - Probate district of Eastford established. Probate district of Stafford established. Probate district of Mansfield established. Probate district of New Hartford established. Probate district of Woodbury established. Probate...

Section 45a-7. (Formerly Sec. 45-3). - Where court held.

Section 45a-7a. - Probate Court to remit fees, expenses and income to State Treasurer to be credited to Probate Court Administration Fund. Exceptions. Escrow.

Section 45a-8. (Formerly Sec. 45-12). - Probate Court facilities. Allocation of expenses to towns. Minimum standards. Failure to provide suitable facilities. Consolidation, separation and creation of probate districts.

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-8d. - Employment of a family specialist by a Probate Court or Regional Children's Probate Court. Duties of family specialist.

Section 45a-9. (Formerly Sec. 45-13). - Indexes.

Section 45a-9a. - Access to data processing system or information stored in data processing system. Fee schedule.

Section 45a-10. (Formerly Sec. 45-14). - Fire-resistant safe or vault. Office space to be provided for records. Duties of Public Records Administrator and State Librarian re compliance.

Section 45a-11. (Formerly Sec. 45-15). - Certification of records and files.

Section 45a-12. (Formerly Sec. 45-16). - Copies of probate records required by United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be furnished.

Section 45a-18. (Formerly Sec. 45-5). - Election of judges. Term of office. Clerks. Judges first elected or with break in service on or after January 5, 2011, to be members of state bar.

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-22. (Formerly Sec. 45-8). - Disqualification of judge and of corporation of which he is director or officer.

Section 45a-23. (Formerly Sec. 45-8a). - Use of office or confidential information for financial gain prohibited.

Section 45a-24. (Formerly Sec. 45-9). - Validity of orders, judgments and decrees.

Section 45a-25. (Formerly Sec. 45-11b). - Probate judge not to appear as attorney in contested matter in probate court.

Section 45a-26. (Formerly Sec. 45-11c). - Partner or associate of probate judge not to practice law in judge's court.

Section 45a-27. - Training program required for judges. Curriculum established by Probate Court Administrator.

Section 45a-27a. - Failure to complete training within required time. Request for extension. Referral to Council on Probate Judicial Conduct for failure to maintain professional competence.

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-36a. - Retirement credit for judge in office on or after October 1, 1997, whose probate district is merged on or before January 5, 2011, and who is not reelected.

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-41. (Formerly Sec. 45-29h). - Retirement allowance. Annual adjustments in retirement allowances.

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-56. (Formerly Sec. 45-29y). - Hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance and dental insurance plan. Eligibility. Payment of premium. Election to participate in dental insurance plan.

Section 45a-57. - Hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance plan. Eligibility. Payment of premium.

Section 45a-62. (Formerly Sec. 45-11d). - Council on Probate Judicial Conduct.

Section 45a-63. (Formerly Sec. 45-11e). - Duties and powers of council re complaints against probate judges, probate magistrates, attorney probate referees and judicial candidates.

Section 45a-63a. - Time limitation re complaint for misconduct.

Section 45a-64. (Formerly Sec. 45-11f). - Hearing.

Section 45a-65. (Formerly Sec. 45-11g). - Council's report of its investigation and recommendation re discipline or exoneration of respondent.

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-74. (Formerly Sec. 45-3a). - Probate Court Administrator. Appointment and term. Service as a judge of probate.

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-77. (Formerly Sec. 45-4d). - Powers and duties of Probate Court Administrator. Regulations. Review of Probate Court procedures. Examination of Probate Court records and files. Training in diseases and disorders affecting judgment. Adoptio...

Section 45a-78. (Formerly Sec. 45-4f). - Rules of procedure for the Probate Courts. Adoption, publication and sale.

Section 45a-79. (Formerly Sec. 45-4g). - Probate judges and court employees to cooperate with administrator.

Section 45a-79a. - Probate Court Administrator's powers re deficiencies in court conduct or facilities. Hearings. Regulations. Appeals.

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-81. (Formerly Sec. 45-4b). - Assistants and clerical help for Probate Court Administrator.

Section 45a-82. (Formerly Sec. 45-4h). - Probate Court Administration Fund. Transfers to retirement fund, General Fund and probate courts. Notice re sound actuarial basis of retirement fund. Annual accounting.

Section 45a-83. (Formerly Sec. 45-4i). - Payment of expenses. Transfers from General Fund.

Section 45a-84. - Probate Court Administrator to prepare proposed budget annually. Review by Probate Assembly. Proposed final budget transmitted to Chief Court Administrator for approval. Requests and authorization re additional expenditures. Report...

Section 45a-85. - Probate Court Budget Committee. Duties. Transfer and use of funds for Probate Court's office budget.

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-93. (Formerly Sec. 45-25a). - Payments to probate judges who leave office or die while in office. Exceptions.

Section 45a-94. (Formerly Sec. 45-25b). - Temporary funding of probate court. Conditions. Term of loan. Interest.

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.