The Journal provides the legal community with a source of information and scholarship on the field of probate law. The distribution of a decedent’s estate can be a contentious and lengthy process that is subject to nuanced state laws. Our Journal examines the most common — and uncommon — subjects of this process, from issues encountered when probating a last will and testament, to the creative and sometimes questionable definitions of “real” and “personal” property.

We welcome perspectives from all experienced members of the probate law community. Each issue includes student notes and case comments, opinions from probate courts in Connecticut and other jurisdictions across the country, and scholarly articles by judges or practitioners.

Volume 38, 2024-2025 

Issue 1

Opinions of the Connecticut Probate Court 

1. In RE: Matter of X (Guardianship)
2. In RE: Matter of Richard B. Kaminski - (removal of Trustee)
3. In RE: Estate of Sabine S. Crozier (Will Revocation)

Articles 

1. Ashes to Ashes: The Final Fight; Ariana D. Meyers

Note

1. The Topic of ESOPs: Why Connecticut Should Have Legislation Encouraging Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trusts; Christian D. Fecteau

Appendix

1. Cumulative Topic Index 

Issue 2 

Opinions of the Connecticut Probate Court 

1. In RE: Matter of X - (Censervatorship)
2. In RE: Estate of Collin G. Matton - (Fiduciary Fees)
3. In RE: Estate of Nancy Anne Harper - (Administrator of Estate and Bequests)

Note 

1. Student-Atheletes Asset Protection: How NIL Agencies are Taking Advantage of their Newfound Asset; Riley D. Powell 
2. Evaluating My Age: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Age Limitations and The Need for Modifying the SIJ Questionnaire; Kate Torres 

Appendix

1.  Cumulative Topic Index

Issue 3

Opinions of the Connecticut Probate Court 

1. In TE: Estate of Nancy S. Daley - (Fiduciary Duty and Removal of Executor) 
2. In RE: Matter of X - Judge Matthew Jalowiec (Conservatorship)

Note 

1. An automated Future: Use of Generative Artifical Intelligence Within the Legal Field, the Implications for the Evolution of Estate Planning and the Growing Need for Regulation; Gianluca Perrotti

Appendix

1. Cumulative Topic Index  

Board of Editors, 2025-26

Staff Members

Faculty Advisors

• Jeffrey A. Cooper
• Kathy A. Kuhar
• Leonard J. Long

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