Sec. 51-1a. Composition of Judicial Department.
Sec. 51-1a. Composition of Judicial Department. (a) The Judicial Department
of the state shall consist of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, the Superior Court,
the Office of the Chief Court Administrator and their employees and divisions, the courts
of probate, and, as provided in chapter 887, the Public Defender Services Commission.
For the purposes of the general statutes, "Judicial Branch" means the Judicial Department.
(b) The territorial jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, and the
Superior Court shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the state.
(c) The territorial jurisdiction of each court of probate shall be the probate district
established for such court by statute. Each town in this state shall be a probate district
or a part of a probate district.
(P.A. 76-436, S. 5, 681; P.A. 82-248, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 1, 82; P.A. 90-230, S. 65, 101; P.A. 03-202,
S. 10.)
History: P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, adding "the division of criminal justice, the office of the chief court
administrator, the commission on official legal publications, and, as provided in chapter 887, the public defender services
commission"; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 included reference to appellate court; P.A. 90-230 deleted reference to "the division
of criminal justice" from Subsec. (a); P.A. 03-202 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change, replacing reference
to Commission on Official Legal Publications with reference to employees and divisions and adding provision defining
"judicial branch".
See Sec. 51-164s re Superior Court's status as sole trial court and transfer of Common Pleas and Juvenile Courts'
jurisdictions to Superior Court.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 205 C. 542. Cited. 224 C. 372. Cited. 230 C. 183.