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§ 45a-79c

Connecticut Title 45a — Connecticut law

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(a) A court of probate shall be open to the public for the conduct of court business not less than forty hours each week, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, on a regular schedule between the hours of eight o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m. The judge of probate of a probate district may close a court temporarily owing to inclement weather, an emergency or other good cause. Such judge shall immediately give notice of a temporary closing to the Probate Court Administrator, together with the reason for such closing and the date and time when the court will reopen.(b) The Probate Court Administrator may, for good cause shown, modify the requirements of this section.(P.A. 07-184, S. 14; P.A. 09-114, S. 16.)History: P.A. 07-184 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-114 substituted 'forty hours' for 'twenty hours' in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2011.

(a) A court of probate shall be open to the public for the conduct of court business not less than forty hours each week, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, on a regular schedule between the hours of eight o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m. The judge of probate of a probate district may close a court temporarily owing to inclement weather, an emergency or other good cause. Such judge shall immediately give notice of a temporary closing to the Probate Court Administrator, together with the reason for such closing and the date and time when the court will reopen.(b) The Probate Court Administrator may, for good cause shown, modify the requirements of this section.(P.A. 07-184, S. 14; P.A. 09-114, S. 16.)History: P.A. 07-184 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-114 substituted 'forty hours' for 'twenty hours' in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2011.

Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_801.htm#sec_45a-79c· Version 2026