(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, each Probate Court shall remit all fees, expenses and other income received, including, but not limited to, moneys received under sections 45a-105 to 45a-112, inclusive, to the State Treasurer to be credited to the Probate Court Administration Fund under section 45a-82.
(b) Expenses paid by a town pursuant to section 45a-8 shall not be remitted to the Probate Court Administration Fund.
(c) A Probate Court may hold in escrow any moneys that are paid by a person or entity in anticipation of future fees and expenses. The court shall deposit all escrow funds into a checking account in the name of the court at a financial institution, as defined in section 36a-330. When a fee or expense is charged to a person or entity that has previously paid funds into escrow, the court shall immediately remit such fee or expense to the State Treasurer. A Probate Court shall not commingle escrow funds with funds from any other source. The provisions of section 4-33 shall not apply to the management of escrow funds under this section.
(P.A. 09-114, S. 10; P.A. 15-217, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 09-114 effective January 1, 2011; P.A. 15-217 designated existing provisions re moneys received and expenses paid by town as Subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, amended redesignated Subsec. (a) by deleting “Each court of probate shall remit all fees, costs” and adding provision re exception and reference to remittance of fees and expenses, and added Subsec. (c) re Probate Court authority to hold in escrow moneys paid by person or entity in anticipation of future fees and expenses, effective July 2, 2015.