Probate Court Redistricting Commission Holds Hearing On Its Preliminary Plan

Irene C. Olszewski, Esq. — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:37:02 +0000

As Connecticut moves closer to consolidating its existing 117 probate courts into 44 to 50 regional courts, the debate rages on as to the best way to effect this major change in the system. Plans for the regionalizing of the courts must be completed and presented to the General Assembly by September 15th.

According to an article published in today’s Hartford Courant, officials from small towns across the State are concerned that the proposal, as it currently stands, “creates sprawling districts that would be inconvenient for families.”

Earlier this month, Farmington’s town council voted to appeal a preliminary plan that would consolidate its court into a super district that would also include the probate courts in Avon, Canton, Burlington and Simsbury. Town leaders offered an alternative plan in which its court would be consolidated with Plainville and Burlington. It proposed that Avon, Canton and Simsbury be grouped with Granby and East Granby. Officials in Canton, Avon and Simsbury support the revised plan.

An Act Concerning Probate Court Reforms And Establishing A Probate Redistricting Commission (Sub. H.B 6385 – P.A. 09-114) was signed into law by Governor M. Jodi Rell on June 9, 2009. The law goes into effect on January 5, 2011.

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Probate Court Redistricting Commission Holds Hearing On Its Preliminary Plan