The Fairfield Probate Court's duties include 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 developmentally disabled, appointing conservators of the person and the estate of incapable individuals, committing those suffering from mental illness, alcoholism or drug addiction to healthcare facilities, removing unfit parents as guardians of their children, terminating parental rights of parents who cannot fulfill their parental responsibilities, granting adoptions, granting emancipation of minors, appointing guardians of the estate of minors, awarding custody of the remains of a deceased person, granting name changes and granting U.S. passport applications.
The Judge of the Probate Court is an elected position that is subject to re-election every four years.
The 2009-10 budget for the Probate Court is $29,200.
The Probate Court is located on the first floor of the Honorable John J. Sullivan Independence Hall, 725 Old Post Road.
The Probate Court Judge is Daniel Caruso.