AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PROBATE COURTS.

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not define legal terms like conservator or indigent, so definitions were removed per rules.

Funding for Probate Court Conservators

This bill provides $4.7 million to probate courts to increase pay for court-appointed conservators working with indigent conserved persons.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates four million seven hundred thousand dollars from the General Fund.
• Sends this funding specifically to the Probate Courts.
• Uses the money for fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
• Pays increased compensation to conservators who work with indigent conserved persons.
• Aligns these payments with recent increases in minimum wage.

Who It Names or Affects

• Probate Courts
• Court-appointed conservators for people without money (indigent)
• The state General Fund

Limits and Unknowns

• No effective date is listed in this document.
• The bill refers to recommendations from a working group under Public Act 25-48 but does not list the specific details of those recommendations.

Official Summary Text

To fund an increase in court-appointed conservator compensation to align with the increase in minimum wage in accordance with the recommendations of the working group convened under section 7 of public act 25-48.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 368 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 10
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 368

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

Introduced by:
SEN. CICARELLA, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PROBATE COURTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the sum of four million seven hundred thousand dollars be 1
appropriated to the Probate Courts, from the General Fund, for the fiscal 2
year ending June 30, 2027, for the increased compensation to 3
conservators for indigent conserved persons to align with the increase 4
in minimum wages. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To fund an increase in court -appointed conservator compensation to
align with the increase in minimum wage in accordance with the
recommendations of the working group convened under section 7 of
public act 25-48.