(a) Subject to the approval of the Chief Court Administrator, the Probate Court Administrator shall appoint and fix the compensation of assistants and clerical help necessary to enable him to perform the duties of the office.

(b) Any such assistants who are attorneys-at-law shall be admitted to the practice of law in this state and shall not engage, directly or indirectly, in the practice of law before any court of probate.

(c) The assistants and clerical help so appointed may be employed by the Probate Court Administrator as employees of the Judicial Department.

(d) The Judicial Department shall, on notice from the Probate Court Administrator, include the assistants and clerical help on the payroll of the Judicial Department. On presentation of vouchers by the Judicial Department to the Probate Court Administrator, the Probate Court Administrator shall reimburse the Judicial Department, from the fund established under section 45a-82, for the salary and benefits paid by the Judicial Department to or for the assistants and clerical help included on the Judicial Department payroll.

(e) The assistants and clerical help shall be members of the state employees retirement system and, on presentation of vouchers by the chief of the Retirement Division to the Probate Court Administrator, the administrator shall reimburse the State Employees Retirement Fund from the fund established under section 45a-82 for retirement benefits paid to the assistants and clerical help which exceed the contribution to the State Employees Retirement Fund by the assistants and clerical help.

(1967, P.A. 558, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 160, S. 1; P.A. 77-258, S. 2; P.A. 80-476, S. 33; P.A. 81-472, S. 75, 159; P.A. 18-75, S. 3.)

History: 1969 act amplified provisions re employment of assistants and clerical help as to their inclusion as judicial department employees, reimbursement to judicial department of salaries and benefits amounts, inclusion in retirement system, etc. and deleted provision which had required that employees' and assistants' compensation be paid from trust fund established under Sec. 45-4h; P.A. 77-258 specified assistants who are attorneys at law; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and reworded provisions; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; Sec. 45-4b transferred to Sec. 45a-81 in 1991; P.A. 18-75 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting references to executive secretary and replacing “he” with “the Probate Court Administrator”, effective June 4, 2018.