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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-72 (2025)

Probate Court; stenographer may be called in by agreement

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Whenever, in any court of probate, the parties or their attorneys so agree in writing, the judge of the court may call in a competent and disinterested person who is capable to act as a stenographer to act as the official stenographer in the whole or in such portion of the cause or matter as may be agreed upon. The compensation of the stenographer shall be paid by the parties in such proportion as the judge of the court decides, except that the compensation shall not exceed that of the official court reporter of the Superior Court.

(1949 Rev., S. 7733; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 94; P.A. 82-248, S. 63.)

History: 1959 act deleted references to municipal court and the taxing of costs therein, municipal courts having been abolished; P.A. 82-248 reworded section.

Cited. 194 C. 635; 237 C. 12.

Cited. 27 CA 333.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Andrews v. Gorby, 675 A.2d 449 (Conn. 1996).
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Andrews v. Gorby, 675 A.2d 449 (Conn. 1996). · cites it 5× “General Statutes § 51-72 provides: “Probate court; stenographer may be called in by agreement.”
Baskin's Appeal from Prob., 484 A.2d 934 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 2× “” There is nothing before this court to indicate that a stenographic record of the proceedings in the Probate Court was made pursuant to General Statutes §§ 51-72 and 51-73. Neither party made such a claim, nor was any such record submitted to this court on appeal.”
Goodman v. Bank of Boston Connecticut, 606 A.2d 994 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992). · cites it 2× “General Statutes §§ 51-72 and 51-73 provide that official stenographers may be used in a Court of Probate and that an appeal from any decisions rendered after such a record is made in a Court of Probate, shall not be a trial de novo.”
Follacchio v. Follacchio, 4 A.3d 1251 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 12× “…axe not set foxth in § 45a-186 as a basis to xestrict the couxt to an “on the record” review and the requirements of General Statutes §§ 51-72 and 51-73 were not satisfied to require an “on the record” review. We agree. The application of a statute to a particular set of…”
Larocque v. O'Connor, 876 A.2d 1229 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to General Statutes § 51-72, a Probate Court may authorize a stenographer to record the proceedings if both parties agree in writing.”
O'Sullivan v. Haught, 309 A.3d 1194 (Conn. 2024). · cites it 3× “’’ 3 General Statutes § 51-72 provides in relevant part: ‘‘Whenever, in any court of probate, the parties or their attorneys so agree in writing, the judge of the court may call in a competent and disinterested person who is capable to act as a stenographer to act as the…”
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