Region # 14 Probate Court Guide

Note: Connecticut probate fees are set by statute and are uniform in all 54 probate districts under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-105, so this district charges the same amounts as the other 53. There is no flat fee to open an estate: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-107 charges a graduated fee on the greatest of the inventory, the gross estate for estate or succession tax purposes, or the Connecticut taxable estate, including assets that pass outside probate, with any share passing to a surviving spouse counted at half. The published § 45a-107(b)(2) table for a death on or after July 1, 2016 runs $25 on a basis of $0 to $500; $50 on $501 to $1,000; $50 plus 1% of the excess over $1,000 on $1,000 to $10,000; $150 plus 0.35% of the excess over $10,000 on $10,000 to $500,000; $1,865 plus 0.25% of the excess over $500,000 on $500,000 to $2,000,000; $5,615 plus 0.5% of the excess over $2,000,000 on $2,000,000 to $8,877,000; and a flat $40,000 at $8,877,000 and over. The court invoices the fee rather than collecting it at filing, and unpaid fees accrue interest at 0.5% per month and become a lien on the decedent's Connecticut real property under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-107b. Schedule and official calculators: https://www.ctprobate.gov/fees-expenses-calculators. Confirm the exact amount with the district's Probate Court before filing. Derivation of the two headline numbers: formal_administration is the $150 statutory floor for a full estate under § 45a-107(b)(3), which is also the base of the $10,000 to $500,000 bracket, so no full Connecticut estate pays less; summary_administration is the $25 statutory minimum under § 45a-107(b)(1), the floor for a § 45a-273 small-estate affidavit because no full estate is opened. The other figures: the $50 creditor claim charge is § 45a-107(f), payable by a creditor who applies to the court under § 45a-364 for consideration of a claim, and the court may order the fiduciary to reimburse it if the claim is allowed; certified copies are $5 for the first two pages and $2 per page after that under § 45a-109(5); and the 0.5% monthly interest runs from 30 days after the court's invoice under § 45a-107(m)(1). Section 45a-107 keeps five date-of-death bands alive at once and the January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 band is UNCAPPED, so never apply this table to an earlier death. The $250 flat filing fee in § 45a-106a expressly does NOT apply to a decedent's estate.