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Hartford County Probate Court

Connecticut

(860) 757-9150

Phone

(860) 757-9150

Fax

(860) 724-1503

Website

Official Site →

Email

Monica.Gonzalez@ctprobate.gov

In Hartford County, Connecticut, you file a probate case with the Hartford County probate court at 250 Constitution Plaza, 3rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103-2814. You can reach the court at (860) 757-9150. Below you'll find 7 filing fees, 77 downloadable Connecticut probate forms and the office hours.

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Court Location & Contact

Address

250 Constitution Plaza, 3rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103-2814

Fax

(860) 724-1503

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Filing Fees

Hartford County, Connecticut

Fee TypeAmount
Appoint estate examiner$50.00
Hear and decide disallowed claim$50.00
Open a safe deposit box$50.00
Custody of remains$150.00
Landlord's affidavit re: death of a tenant$150.00
Release of funds from restricted account (with hearing)$150.00
All other petitions, motions and applications (other than decedents' estates and accountings)$250.00

Judges & Officers

FA
Foye A. Smith

Probate Forms Library

77 Connecticut probate forms (plus 44 federal forms).

Every Hartford County form, with a short summary and the official source →
PC-171 — Acceptance Of Fiduciary AppointmentcountyDownload
PC-183 — Appearance Of AttorneycountyDownload
PC-482A — Appointment Of Probate Judge As Agent For Service By Attorney Appearing Pro Hac VicecountyDownload
PC-151 — Certification/Mailing Of Document By PartycountyDownload
PC-200CI — Confidential Information/Petition/Administration Or Probate Of WillcountyDownload
PC-181 — General WaivercountyDownload
PC-101 — Motion For ContinuancecountyDownload
PC-170B — PC-243AR.pdfcountyDownload
PC-170A — PC-243AR.pdfcountyDownload
PC-800 — Petition For Commitment Of Mentally Ill ChildcountyDownload
PC-200 — Petition/Administration Or Probate Of WillcountyDownload
PC-184A — Request/Order Waiver Of Fees (Other Than Petitioner)countyDownload
PC-184 — Request/Order Waiver Of Fees (Petitioner)countyDownload
PC-180 — Second SheetcountyDownload
PC-188 — Special Appearance Of ServicemembercountyDownload
JD-PC-287 — Acknowledgment of Receipt of Specific BequeststateDownload
JD-PC-211 — Affidavit for Filing Will Not Submitted for ProbatestateDownload
JD-PC-212 — Affidavit in Lieu of Probate of Will/AdministrationstateDownload
JD-PC-210 — Affidavit in Proof of Will and/or CodicilstateDownload
PC-213 — Affidavit of Closing for Estate FiduciarystateDownload
JD-PC-511 — Affidavit Re: Occurrence of Contingency for Appointment of Coguardian(s) of the Person of a Minor ChildstateDownload
JD-PC-400 — Application to Sell or Mortgage Property (Print on legal-size paper only.)stateDownload
JD-PC-602 — Application/Appointment of Statutory Parent/TerminationstateDownload
JD-PC-204 — Application/Declaration of Insolvent EstatestateDownload
JD-PC-482 — Appointment of Judge of Probate as Agent for Service by Non-Resident FiduciarystateDownload
JD-PC-285 — Beneficiaries Named in Will in Custody of Court That Has Not Been Submitted for ProbatestateDownload
JD-PC-280 — Bond WaiverstateDownload
JD-PC-250 — Certificate of Devise, Descent or DistributionstateDownload
JD-PC-371 — Conservator's ReportstateDownload
JD-PC-241 — Cover Sheet/Administration Account/Decedent's EstatestateDownload
PC-300 — CT Probate Form PC-300stateDownload
PC-300A — CT Probate Form PC-300AstateDownload
PC-300CI — CT Probate Form PC-300CIstateDownload
PC-301 — CT Probate Form PC-301stateDownload
PC-302 — CT Probate Form PC-302stateDownload
PC-310 — CT Probate Form PC-310stateDownload
PC-440 — CT Probate Form PC-440stateDownload
PC-4400 — CT Probate Form PC-4400stateDownload
PC-500 — CT Probate Form PC-500stateDownload
PC-600 — CT Probate Form PC-600stateDownload
JD-PC-510 — Custodian's Affidavit/Immediate Temporary CustodystateDownload
JD-PC-242 — Decedent's Estate Administration Account (Short Form)stateDownload
JD-PC-441 — Fiduciary's Periodic or Final Account/Conservator/GuardianstateDownload
JD-PC-246 — Financial Report Decedent's EstatestateDownload
JD-PC-443 — Financial Report TruststateDownload
JD-PC-284 — Initial Acceptance of Trust/Testamentary TrusteestateDownload
JD-PC-507 — Motion to Transfer File/Guardianship of Person/Estate of a MinorstateDownload
JD-PC-234 — Notice to Creditors to Present ClaimsstateDownload
JD-PC-908 — Petition for Award of Custody of Remains of a DecedentstateDownload
JD-PC-607 — Petition for Order Directing Department of Public Health to Issue Original Birth CertificatestateDownload
JD-PC-203A — Petition/Access Jointly Owned Assets in Safe Deposit BoxstateDownload
JD-PC-203 — Petition/Access to Safe Deposit Box to Obtain Will/Cemetery DeedstateDownload
JD-PC-9010 — Petition/Action on a Probate BondstateDownload
JD-PC-201 — Petition/Ancillary Probate of WillstateDownload
JD-PC-905 — Petition/Emancipation of MinorstateDownload
JD-PC-207 — Petition/Estate Examiner for Limited PurposesstateDownload
JD-PC-401 — Petition/Extension of Time to Pay Probate FeesstateDownload
JD-PC-501 — Petition/Immediate Temporary CustodystateDownload
JD-PC-606 — Petition/Information for Emergency Health or Medical TreatmentstateDownload
JD-PC-904 — Petition/Judicial Order Enforcing Examination of Respondent for TuberculosisstateDownload
JD-PC-202 — Petition/Support AllowancestateDownload
JD-PC-502 — Petition/Temporary CustodystateDownload
JD-PC-550 — Physician's Certificate/Immediate Temporary CustodystateDownload
JD-PC-802 — Probable Cause Hearing RequeststateDownload
JD-PC-480 — Probate BondstateDownload
JD-PC-582 — Receipt of Information Re: Confidential Probate Proceeding/Specified Children's MatterstateDownload
JD-PC-581 — Receipt of Information Re: Confidential Probate Proceedings/Children's MattersstateDownload
JD-PC-212A — Request for Order of DistributionstateDownload
JD-PC-413A — Request Re Withdrawal of Funds from Restricted AccountstateDownload
JD-PC-208 — Request/Recording Attachments to CT Estate Tax ReturnstateDownload
JD-PC-237 — Return of Claims and List of Notified CreditorsstateDownload
JD-PC-443A — Schedule A: Proposed Distribution/Final Financial Report TruststateDownload
JD-PC-286 — Status Update Decedent's EstatestateDownload
JD-PC-412 — Verification Re Restricted AccountstateDownload
JD-PC-633 — Waiver of Personal or Abode Service/Parental Rights MatterstateDownload
JD-PC-245 — Waiver of Right to Hearing Re: AccountstateDownload
JD-PC-244A — Waiver of Right to Hearing Re: Financial ReportstateDownload
Federal forms (IRS, SSA, VA) · 44
1041 — Accumulation Distribution for Certain Complex TrustsfederalDownload
1041-T — Allocation of Estimated Tax Payments to BeneficiariesfederalDownload
1041 — Alternative Minimum Tax — Estates and TrustsfederalDownload
Application For Burial BenefitsfederalDownload
SSA-4 — Application for Child's Insurance BenefitsfederalDownload
SF 2800 — Application for Death Benefits (CSRS)federalDownload
SF 3104 — Application for Death Benefits (FERS)federalDownload
Application For DIC, Survivors Pension And/Or Accrued BenefitsfederalDownload
SS-4 — Application for Employer Identification NumberfederalDownload
706 — Application for Extension of Time To File a Return and/or Pay U.S. Estate TaxesfederalDownload
SSA-10 — Application for Widow's or Widower's Insurance BenefitsfederalDownload
1041 — Beneficiary's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.federalDownload
1041 — Capital Gains and Losses (Estates and Trusts)federalDownload
706-CE — Certification of Payment of Foreign Death TaxfederalDownload
FE6 — Claim for Death Benefits (FEGLI)federalDownload
VA40-1330 — Claim For Standard Government Headstone Or MarkerfederalDownload
SF 2818 — Continuation of Life Insurance Coverage as AnnuitantfederalDownload
FE7 — Designation Of Beneficiary (FEGLI)federalDownload
SF 2823 — Designation Of Beneficiary Federal Employees' Group Life InsurancefederalDownload
FS 5336 — Disposition of Treasury Securities Belonging to a Decedent's Estate Being Settled Without AdministrationfederalDownload
8855 — Election To Treat a Qualified Revocable Trust as Part of an EstatefederalDownload
1041 — Estimated Income Tax for Estates and TrustsfederalDownload
706 — Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax (Form 706)federalDownload
706-GS — Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for DistributionsfederalDownload
706-GS — Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for TerminationsfederalDownload
8971 — Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property From a DecedentfederalDownload
56 — Notice Concerning Fiduciary RelationshipfederalDownload
706-GS — Notification of Distribution From a Generation-Skipping TrustfederalDownload
1041-V — Payment Voucher (Estate or Trust)federalDownload
I-360 — Petition For Amerasian, Widow(er), Or Special ImmigrantfederalDownload
2848 — Power of Attorney and Declaration of RepresentativefederalDownload
FS 1455 — Request By Owner or Person Entitled to Payment for Reissue of United States Savings BondsfederalDownload
706 HAS — Request for Discharge From Personal Liability Under IRC 2204 or 6905federalDownload
4810 — Request For Prompt Assessment Under Internal Revenue Code Section 6501(d)federalDownload
FS 1522 — Special Form of Request for Payment of United States Savings and Retirement SecuritiesfederalDownload
SSA-721 — Statement of Death by Funeral DirectorfederalDownload
1310 — Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due a Deceased TaxpayerfederalDownload
706-NA — U.S. Estate Tax Return for Nonresident Not a Citizen of the U.S.federalDownload
706-QDT — U.S. Estate Tax Return for Qualified Domestic TrustsfederalDownload
1041 U — U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and TrustsfederalDownload
1041-A — U.S. Information Return Trust Accumulation of Charitable AmountsfederalDownload
706-A — United States Additional Estate Tax ReturnfederalDownload
706 UNITED — United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax ReturnfederalDownload
709 — United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax ReturnfederalDownload

Court Documents & Links

Pc 4400formsPc 300formsPc 300CiformsPc 300AformsPc 301formsPc 301CiformsPc 302formsDownload Map of Probate Districtsother

Probate in Hartford County

Simple probate
6-12 months
Complex estate
12-24 months
Connecticut small estate limit
$40,000

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Office Hours

Monday-Friday8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Common Questions

Where do I file probate in Hartford County, Connecticut?

File with the Hartford County probate court at 250 Constitution Plaza, 3rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103-2814. The court's phone number is (860) 757-9150.

How much does it cost to file probate in Hartford County?

The fees we have on record for the Hartford County probate court are: Appoint estate examiner: $50.00; Hear and decide disallowed claim: $50.00; Open a safe deposit box: $50.00; Custody of remains: $150.00; Landlord's affidavit re: death of a tenant: $150.00; and Release of funds from restricted account (with hearing): $150.00, plus 1 more listed on this page. Other fees may apply; confirm the current amounts with the clerk before you file.

When is the Hartford County probate court open?

Listed office hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM.

How long does probate take in Connecticut?

A simple probate in Connecticut usually takes about 6-12 months. A complex estate can take 12-24 months.

Is there a small estate option in Connecticut?

Connecticut's small estate limit is $40,000. Estates under the limit may be settled with a simpler procedure than full probate; the Connecticut probate guide explains when it applies.

Where can I get probate forms for Hartford County?

This page links 77 Connecticut probate forms you can download as PDFs, listed under Probate Forms Library.

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