CONNECTICUT – PROBATE COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF GREENWICH
One of the state’s 123 probate courts. Responsible for the following;
- probating wills and the administration of estates
- overseeing testamentary and living trusts
- determining title to real and personal property
- construing the meaning of wills and trusts
- appointing guardians for the mentally retarded
- appointing conservators of the person and the estate of incapable individuals
- committing those suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug addiction to an appropriate facility
- removing unfit parents as guardians of their children
- terminating the parental rights of parents who cannot fulfill their parental responsibilities
- granting adoptions
- granting name changes & other matters, many of which are extremely delicate and complex and some of which are confidential