Sec. 45a-90. (Formerly Sec. 45-24). Connecticut Probate Assembly; meeting; powers and duties.
Sec. 45a-90. (Formerly Sec. 45-24). Connecticut Probate Assembly; meeting;
powers and duties. (a) There shall be an assembly of the elected and qualified acting
judges of the courts of probate, to be known as the Connecticut Probate Assembly, of
which all judges of probate shall be members. The annual meeting of the assembly shall
be held on any day in April in the Supreme Court room at Hartford. Other stated or
special meetings of the assembly shall be held as provided in its bylaws.
(b) The assembly shall transact any business which may properly come before its
meetings and which pertains to the probate courts, the improvement of and uniformity
in their procedure and practice, the administration of justice in the courts of probate and
the administration of the assembly. The assembly may make such recommendations to
the Probate Court Administrator as it sees fit regarding any or all of these matters. The
assembly may adopt bylaws to govern it and its meetings.
(1949 Rev., S. 6831; 1957, P.A. 651, S. 19; 1967, P.A. 558, S. 21; P.A. 79-286; P.A. 80-476, S. 18.)
History: 1967 act authorized assembly to transact business pertaining to "administration of justice in the courts of
probate and ... of the assembly" and to make recommendations to probate court administrator and deleted provisions re
assembly's powers to establish uniform rules, practice and procedure, to clarify and revise state probate laws and to prepare
schedule of probate fees; P.A. 79-286 changed annual meeting from "the third Wednesday in January" to "any day in
April"; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and rephrased provisions; Sec. 45-24 transferred to Sec. 45a-90 in 1991.