Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-2
There shall be fifty-four probate districts in this state, for all purposes for which they are constituted, that shall comprise the towns that are set forth as follows:
(1949 Rev., S. 6810; 1953, S. 2892d; 1957, P.A. 8; 1959, P.A. 336, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A. 483, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-567, S. 24, 80; P.A. 78-247, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-476, S. 3; P.A. 82-4, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-186, S. 1; P.A. 87-581, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-60, S. 1, 3; P.A. 98-1, S. 1, 4; P.A. 02-2, S. 1; 02-5, S. 1; P.A. 04-19, S. 1; P.A. 06-2, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1, S. 1; P.A. 10-121, S. 1; P.A. 15-217, S. 27.)
History: 1959 act created probate district of Windsor Locks, amending probate district of Hartford accordingly; 1965 act created probate district of Southbury, amending probate district of Woodbury accordingly; P.A. 75-567 created probate districts of Glastonbury and Newington, amending probate district of Hartford accordingly, created probate district of Orange, amending probate district of New Haven accordingly, and created district of New Fairfield; P.A. 78-247 created probate district of Griswold, amending probate district of Norwich accordingly; P.A. 80-476 added Subsec. indicators; P.A. 82-4 amended Subsec. (a) to establish the probate district of West Hartford, consisting of West Hartford and Bloomfield (previously in probate district of Hartford); P.A. 85-186 created probate district of Woodbridge, amending probate district of New Haven accordingly; P.A. 87-581 added the probate district of Bloomfield, consisting of the town of Bloomfield and eliminated the town of Bloomfield from the probate district of West Hartford, effective January 9, 1991; Sec. 45-1 transferred to Sec. 45a-2 in 1991; P.A. 96-60 amended Subsec. (e) by eliminating the probate district of Chaplin and including the town of Chaplin in the probate district of Eastford, effective January 6, 1999; P.A. 98-1 amended Subsec. (h) merging the probate district of Coventry into the probate district of Mansfield and merging the probate district of Somers into the probate district of Stafford, effective January 6, 1999; P.A. 02-2 amended Subsecs. (a) and (f) and added Subsec. (i) merging the probate districts of Barkhamsted and Hartland into the probate district of New Hartford, effective January 8, 2003; P.A. 02-5 amended Subsec. (c) merging the probate district of Lebanon into the probate district of Colchester, amended Subsec. (d) merging the probate district of Sherman into the probate district of New Fairfield, amended Subsec. (e) merging the probate districts of Canterbury and Sterling into the probate district of Plainfield and amended Subsec. (f) merging the probate district of Watertown into the probate district of Woodbury, effective January 8, 2003; P.A. 04-19 amended Subsec. (f) by merging the probate districts of Canaan, Cornwall, Salisbury and Sharon into the probate district of the Northwest Corner, effective January 3, 2007; P.A. 06-2 amended Subsec. (a) by merging the probate districts of Suffield and East Granby into the probate district of Suffield-East Granby and amended Subsec. (f) by merging the probate district of Kent into the probate district of Litchfield and merging the probate district of Norfolk into the probate district of the Northwest Corner, effective January 3, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1 replaced former provisions with provisions re 54 probate districts, effective January 5, 2011; P.A. 10-121 moved provision re town of Union from Subdiv. (26) to Subdiv. (11), effective January 5, 2011; P.A. 15-217 moved reference to town of Plainville from Subdiv. (19) to Subdiv. (10), effective January 9, 2019.