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Section 45a-1. (Formerly Sec. 45-2a). - “District” defined. - As used in sections 45a-1 to 45a-12, inclusive, 45a-18 to...
Section 45a-2. (Formerly Sec. 45-1). - Probate districts. - There shall be fifty-four probate districts in this state, for...
Section 45a-2a. - Probate district names. Designation. Publication. - The Probate Court Administrator shall designate a name for each...
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. - Sections 45a-3 to 45a-6, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 5,...
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... - Sections 45a-6a to 45a-6k, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 5,...
Section 45a-7. (Formerly Sec. 45-3). - Where court held. - A court of probate may be held in any town...
Section 45a-7a. - Probate Court to remit fees, expenses and income to State Treasurer to be credited to Probate Court Administration Fund. Exceptions. Escrow. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...
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. - (a) The town or towns comprising each probate district shall...
Section 45a-8a. - Regional Children's Probate Courts. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “children's matters” means:...
Section 45a-8b. - Extended family guardianship and assisted care pilot program. Regulations. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator shall establish, within available appropriations,...
Section 45a-8c. - Truancy clinic. Administration. Policies and procedures. Report. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator may, within available appropriations, establish...
Section 45a-8d. - Employment of a family specialist by a Probate Court or Regional Children's Probate Court. Duties of family specialist. - (a) As used in this section, “family specialist” means a...
Section 45a-9. (Formerly Sec. 45-13). - Indexes. - A general index shall be kept in each probate court...
Section 45a-9a. - Access to data processing system or information stored in data processing system. Fee schedule. - Any person seeking on-line access to any data processing system...
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. - (a) Each judge of probate shall keep the records and...
Section 45a-11. (Formerly Sec. 45-15). - Certification of records and files. - The records and files of any court of probate may...
Section 45a-12. (Formerly Sec. 45-16). - Copies of probate records required by United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be furnished. - When a copy of any probate record is required by...
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. - (a) There shall be a court of probate in each...
Section 45a-19. (Formerly Sec. 45-6). - Electoral status of judges. - Each judge of probate shall be an elector of a...
Section 45a-20. (Formerly Sec. 45-4k). - Payment of three-judge court. - When a three-judge court is appointed by the Probate Court...
Section 45a-21. (Formerly Sec. 45-4c). - Court employees to serve at pleasure of judge. - Probate Court employees shall not be deemed state employees and...
Section 45a-22. (Formerly Sec. 45-8). - Disqualification of judge and of corporation of which he is director or officer. - When there is so near a relationship between any deceased...
Section 45a-23. (Formerly Sec. 45-8a). - Use of office or confidential information for financial gain prohibited. - No judge of probate shall use his public office or...
Section 45a-24. (Formerly Sec. 45-9). - Validity of orders, judgments and decrees. - Every order, judgment or decree of a court of probate...
Section 45a-25. (Formerly Sec. 45-11b). - Probate judge not to appear as attorney in contested matter in probate court. - (a) A judge of probate shall not appear as attorney...
Section 45a-26. (Formerly Sec. 45-11c). - Partner or associate of probate judge not to practice law in judge's court. - A partner or associate of a judge of probate shall...
Section 45a-27. - Training program required for judges. Curriculum established by Probate Court Administrator. - (a) Each person who is elected to a first term...
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. - (a) If a probate judge is unable to complete training...
Section 45a-34. (Formerly Sec. 45-29a). - Definitions. - The following words and phrases as used in sections 45a-34...
Section 45a-35. (Formerly Sec. 45-29b). - Probate Judges and Employees Retirement Fund. - The Connecticut Probate Judges and Employees Retirement Fund is established,...
Section 45a-36. (Formerly Sec. 45-29c). - Retirement qualifications. - (a) Judges of probate courts in office on or after...
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. - Any judge of probate in office on or after October...
Section 45a-37. (Formerly Sec. 45-29d). - Retirement date. - (a) Any employee of a court of probate shall be...
Section 45a-38. (Formerly Sec. 45-29e). - Retirement of employee after ten years of service. - (a) If any employee of a court of probate is...
Section 45a-39. (Formerly Sec. 45-29f). - Retirement of judge after ten years of service. - If any judge of probate is separated after January 1,...
Section 45a-40. (Formerly Sec. 45-29g). - Disability retirement. - (a) Any employee or judge of probate who has completed...
Section 45a-41. (Formerly Sec. 45-29h). - Retirement allowance. Annual adjustments in retirement allowances. - (a) After retirement in accordance with the provisions of sections...
Section 45a-42. (Formerly Sec. 45-29i). - Reemployment after retirement. - An employee who is retired under sections 45a-34 to 45a-53,...
Section 45a-43. (Formerly Sec. 45-29j). - Husband and wife retirement income option. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section...
Section 45a-44. (Formerly Sec. 45-29k). - Retirement contributions of employees. - (a) Each employee shall contribute to the fund three and...
Section 45a-45. (Formerly Sec. 45-29l). - Retirement contributions of judges. - (a) Each judge of probate shall contribute to the fund...
Section 45a-46. (Formerly Sec. 45-29m). - Refund of contributions after death. - (a) A member's contributions to the fund, without interest and...
Section 45a-47. (Formerly Sec. 45-29n). - Employment by more than one probate court. - (a) Any employee of a court of probate who accepts...
Section 45a-48. (Formerly Sec. 45-29o). - Benefits not assignable. - Any assignment by a member or beneficiary of any allowance...
Section 45a-49. (Formerly Sec. 45-29p). - Disposition of retirement contributions. - All contributions received pursuant to sections 45a-34 to 45a-52, inclusive,...
Section 45a-50. (Formerly Sec. 45-29q). - Administration of retirement allowances. - (a) The administration of the system of retirement allowances herein...
Section 45a-51. (Formerly Sec. 45-29r). - Liability of courts. - (a) Each court of probate shall be liable to the...
Section 45a-52. (Formerly Sec. 45-29s). - Liability of retirement fund in event of statutory change. - If any of sections 45a-34 to 45a-52, inclusive, are amended...
Section 45a-53. (Formerly Sec. 45-29t). - Service as judge and employee. - If a person has served as a judge of probate,...
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...
Section 45a-55. (Formerly Sec. 45-29x). - Pension claims. Denial. Review. - (a) Any claim for a pension which may become available...
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. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5-259, the Comptroller, with...
Section 45a-57. - Hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance plan. Eligibility. Payment of premium. - Section 45a-57 is repealed, effective January 1, 1997. (P.A. 93-232,...
Section 45a-62. (Formerly Sec. 45-11d). - Council on Probate Judicial Conduct. - (a) There shall be a 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. - (a) The Council on Probate Judicial Conduct shall investigate every...
Section 45a-63a. - Time limitation re complaint for misconduct. - No complaint for misconduct shall be brought under section 45a-63...
Section 45a-64. (Formerly Sec. 45-11f). - Hearing. - If a preliminary investigation indicates that probable cause exists that...
Section 45a-65. (Formerly Sec. 45-11g). - Council's report of its investigation and recommendation re discipline or exoneration of respondent. - (a) The council shall, after the hearing provided under section...
Section 45a-66. (Formerly Sec. 45-11h). - Witnesses before council. - Any person may be compelled, by subpoena signed by competent...
Section 45a-67. (Formerly Sec. 45-11i). - Expenses of council paid from probate fund. - Any sums expended to implement the provisions of sections 45a-62...
Section 45a-68. (Formerly Sec. 45-11j). - Probate judge to file statement of financial interests. - (a) Each probate judge shall file under penalty of false...
Section 45a-74. (Formerly Sec. 45-3a). - Probate Court Administrator. Appointment and term. Service as a judge of probate. - (a) There shall be a Probate Court Administrator who shall...
Section 45a-75. (Formerly Sec. 45-29u). - Probate Court Administrator, salary and benefits. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator shall be paid by the...
Section 45a-76. (Formerly Sec. 45-4e). - Biennial report by Probate Court Administrator. - The Probate Court Administrator shall file with the Chief Court...
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... - (a) The Probate Court Administrator may attend to any matters...
Section 45a-78. (Formerly Sec. 45-4f). - Rules of procedure for the Probate Courts. Adoption, publication and sale. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator shall, from time to time,...
Section 45a-79. (Formerly Sec. 45-4g). - Probate judges and court employees to cooperate with administrator. - The judges and employees of the various courts of probate,...
Section 45a-79a. - Probate Court Administrator's powers re deficiencies in court conduct or facilities. Hearings. Regulations. Appeals. - (a) If the Probate Court Administrator determines that the business...
Section 45a-79b. - Special assignment probate judges. - (a) There shall be special assignment probate judges appointed by...
Section 45a-79c. - Court of probate business hours. - (a) A court of probate shall be open to the...
Section 45a-80. (Formerly Sec. 45-4a). - Office space. - (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall provide such office...
Section 45a-81. (Formerly Sec. 45-4b). - Assistants and clerical help for Probate Court Administrator. - (a) Subject to the approval of the Chief 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. - (a) The Probate Court Administration Fund is established, to consist...
Section 45a-83. (Formerly Sec. 45-4i). - Payment of expenses. Transfers from General Fund. - If at any time the fund established under section 45a-82...
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... - (a)(1) On or before April first of each year, the...
Section 45a-85. - Probate Court Budget Committee. Duties. Transfer and use of funds for Probate Court's office budget. - (a) The Probate Court Administrator shall establish a Probate Court...
Section 45a-90. (Formerly Sec. 45-24). - Connecticut Probate Assembly. Meetings. Powers and duties. - (a) There shall be an assembly of the elected and...
Section 45a-91. (Formerly Sec. 45-25). - Officers and committees. - The officers and committees of said assembly and their duties...
Section 45a-92. (Formerly Sec. 45-26). - Payments to State Treasurer. - (a) Payments to State Treasurer established. Each person who is...
Section 45a-93. (Formerly Sec. 45-25a). - Payments to probate judges who leave office or die while in office. Exceptions. - (a)(1) If a judge of probate leaves office or dies...
Section 45a-94. (Formerly Sec. 45-25b). - Temporary funding of probate court. Conditions. Term of loan. Interest. - Section 45a-94 is repealed, effective January 5, 2011. (P.A. 87-187,...
Section 45a-95. - Compensation of probate judges on and after January 5, 2011: Definitions. - As used in this section and section 45a-95a: (1) “Band...
Section 45a-95a. - Compensation of probate judges on and after January 5, 2011. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this title concerning compensation for...