"Hear ye! Hear ye! Probate Court is now in session!
The Honorable Stephen Kinsella presiding."

Well, my work day never really starts like that, but the tradition of a Probate judge has a long and honorable history in Connecticut.
Probate Courts have jurisdiction over quite a few areas:

• probating wills and the administration of estates
• overseeing testamentary and living trusts
• determining title to real and personal property
  
• construing the meaning of wills and trusts
  
• appointing guardians for the mentally challenged
  
• appointing conservators of the person and the estate of incapable individuals
  
• committing those suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug
• addiction to an appropriate facility
  
• removing unfit parents as guardians of their children
  
• terminating the parental rights of parents who cannot fulfill their parental responsibilities
  
• granting adoptions
  
• granting name changes
  
• other matters
  

     For more information, please check our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Stephen Kinsella

Phone: 860.342.6739

Frequently Asked Questions
Guardianship of Minors
Mental Retardation