Simplified route
$40,000
Settlement of small estates (affidavit in lieu of administration); usable 30 days after death.
Eligibility and caveatsConnecticut estate administration
Connecticut probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $40,000
This guide explains probate in Connecticut: Connecticut settles decedents' estates in the Court of Probate. Small estates up to $40,000 in solely owned personal property use an affidavit (§ 45a-273). Probate fees follow the statewide graduated § 45a-107 schedule (min $25/$150, max $40,000). Fiduciary compensation is 'reasonable' under Probate Court Rule 39; there is no statutory percentage schedule.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.
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Connecticut simplified probate route
Up to $40,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: C.G.S. § 45a-273.
Settlement of small estates (affidavit in lieu of administration)Screen a specific Connecticut estate with the calculators on the small-estate page and the executor-fee page, or compare states in the full estate navigator.
What the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
Tiered
1 published schedule, itemised on the filing-cost page.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No percentage schedule; the court decides what is reasonable. Source: Conn. Probate Court Rules of Procedure, Rule 39.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Not published
Timeline and creditor detailsConnecticut decision map
The four facts that change the Connecticut route
Each Connecticut answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Connecticut answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Settlement of small estates (affidavit in lieu of administration) |
| What property and basis count? | personal probate property only; gross value for this route. |
| What is the amount screen? | $40,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; creditor deadlines: not published here |
| What does the cost record establish? | 1 published schedule; the proceeding and value basis control the total. |
| What does compensation use? | Reasonable compensation set by the court, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- Eligibility also requires no solely owned Connecticut real property. Eligibility requires the decedent left no solely owned real property in Connecticut.
- § 45a-107 is a base-plus-marginal schedule; applying the band 'amount' as a flat fee (ignoring the '+% of excess') would materially understate fees for large estates. Integrator must honor excessRate/excessOver.
- Fiduciary-compensation 'reasonable' standard is characterized from Rule 39's caption plus the verified absence of any statutory schedule; the substantive rule text could not be extracted from the image-based PDF.
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What Connecticut courts publish
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- Official formPC-212 Affidavit in Lieu of Administration or Probate of Will (Small Estate) (PDF)Connecticut Probate Court
- Fee scheduleFees, Expenses & CalculatorsConnecticut Probate Court
- Court resourceConnecticut Probate CourtsConnecticut Probate Court
Limits on court material
- Connecticut probate is heard in the Court of Probate (Probate Court). Form PC-212 is the statewide small-estate affidavit; the ctprobate.gov Fees & Calculators page implements the § 45a-107 schedule.
Connecticut primary sources
- C.G.S. § 45a-273 — C.G.S. Chapter 802b, Sec. 45a-273 Settlement of small estates
- C.G.S. § 45a-107 — C.G.S. Chapter 801b, Sec. 45a-107 Fees and expenses for settlement of decedent's estate
- Conn. Probate Court Rules of Procedure, Rule 39 — Connecticut Probate Court Rules of Procedure, Rule 39 Fiduciary and Attorney's Fees
Every quotation, edition label and machine check is on the Connecticut source record.
Connecticut record: 3/3 verified, 12 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction