(a) There shall be an assembly of the elected and qualified acting judges of the courts of probate, to be known as the Connecticut Probate Assembly, of which all judges of probate shall be members. The annual meeting of the assembly shall be held on any day in April in the Supreme Court room at Hartford. Other stated or special meetings of the assembly shall be held as provided in its bylaws.
(b) The assembly shall transact any business which may properly come before its meetings and which pertains to the probate courts, the improvement of and uniformity in their procedure and practice, the administration of justice in the courts of probate and the administration of the assembly. The assembly may make such recommendations to the Probate Court Administrator as it sees fit regarding any or all of these matters. The assembly may adopt bylaws to govern it and its meetings.
(c) Any probate magistrate or attorney probate referee appointed pursuant to section 45a-123a may attend any annual or special meeting of the assembly or any educational program of the assembly, but shall have no vote in any decision of the assembly.
(1949 Rev., S. 6831; 1957, P.A. 651, S. 19; 1967, P.A. 558, S. 21; P.A. 79-286; P.A. 80-476, S. 18; P.A. 09-114, S. 20.)
History: 1967 act authorized assembly to transact business pertaining to “administration of justice in the courts of probate and ... of the assembly” and to make recommendations to probate court administrator and deleted provisions re assembly's powers to establish uniform rules, practice and procedure, to clarify and revise state probate laws and to prepare schedule of probate fees; P.A. 79-286 changed annual meeting from “the third Wednesday in January” to “any day in April”; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and rephrased provisions; Sec. 45-24 transferred to Sec. 45a-90 in 1991; P.A. 09-114 added Subsec. (c) re attendance of probate magistrates and attorney probate referees at meetings of assembly.