Sec. 45a-68. (Formerly Sec. 45-11j). Judge to file statement of financial interests.
Sec. 45a-68. (Formerly Sec. 45-11j). Judge to file statement of financial interests. (a) Each judge of a court of probate shall file under penalty of false statement, a
statement of financial interests for the preceding calendar year with the Council on
Probate Judicial Conduct established in section 45a-62, on or before April fifteenth next
following for any year in which the judge holds such position.
(b) The statement shall be on a form provided by the Council on Probate Judicial
Conduct and shall include the following information for the preceding calendar year
regarding the judge, his or her spouse and the dependent children living in his or her
household: (1) The name of all businesses with which the judge, his or her spouse or
any such child is associated; (2) the category or type of all sources of his or her income
and that of his or her spouse or each child, in excess of one thousand dollars, but amounts
of income need not be specified, and the names and addresses of specific clients and
customers who provide more than five thousand dollars of income, but amounts of
income need not be specified; (3) the name of each security in excess of five thousand
dollars at fair market value owned by the judge or spouse or any such child or held in
the name of a corporation, partnership or trust for the benefit of the judge, his or her
spouse or any such child except in the case of a trust established by the judge, spouse
or child for the purpose of divesting the judge or his or her spouse or any such child of
all control and knowledge of the judge's, spouse's or child's assets in order to avoid a
conflict of interest during the judge's term of office, but only the existence of such trust
and the name of the trustee shall be included, and the value need not be specified; (4)
all real property and its location, whether owned by the judge, his or her spouse or any
such child or held in the name of a corporation, partnership or trust for the benefit of the
judge, spouse or child. Each such judge shall file a disclosure of any fees or honorariums
received for his or her own or his or her spouse's or child's appearance or the delivery
of an address to any meeting of any organization within thirty days after receipt of the
fee or honorarium.
(c) The statement or disclosure filed pursuant to this section shall be a matter of
public information, except that the list of names filed in accordance with subdivision
(2) of subsection (b) of this section shall be sealed and confidential and for the use of
the council only if an investigation has been initiated or a hearing is held under section
45a-63 and the council is of the opinion that disclosure of such list is germane to its
investigation or hearing, or both. The list may also be subject to a subpoena in any
criminal prosecution or impeachment proceedings.
(d) The financial statement and disclosure, except as otherwise provided in this
section, shall be open to inspection at the office of the Probate Court Administrator.
(P.A. 78-281, S. 2; P.A. 80-476, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 80-476 reworded provisions and added reference to "disclosure" in Subsecs. (c) and (d); Sec. 45-11j
transferred to Sec. 45a-68 in 1991.
Annotation to former section 45-11j:
Cited. 192 C. 704.