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A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [2] or courts of ordinary.
The Connecticut Probate Court system is a system of 54 individual probate courts located throughout the state of Connecticut.The jurisdiction of each court extends to the legal affairs of the deceased, estates, some aspects of family law, conservatorship, and several other matters requiring specific legal decisions. [1]
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Connecticut.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
Courts of Connecticut include: State courts of Connecticut. Connecticut Supreme Court [1] Connecticut Appellate Court [2] Connecticut Superior Court (13 districts) [3] Connecticut Probate Courts (54 districts) [4] Federal court located in Connecticut: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut [5]
Probate court judges in the United States (1 C, 35 P) Pages in category "Probate courts in the United States" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Probate courts in the United States (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Probate courts" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
The Surrogate's Court of the State of New York handles all probate and estate proceedings in the New York State Unified Court System. All wills are probated in this court and all estates of people who die without a will are handled in this court. Unclaimed property of the deceased without wills is handled by the Judge of this court.