Access to Justice for Connecticut Consumers
LegalConsumer.com has been providing free tools and legal information to Connecticut consumers since 2006.
LegalConsumer.com has been providing free tools and legal information to Connecticut consumers since 2006.
There's no Affidavit procedure in Connecticut. There is a summary probate procedure availabe for estates that don't exceed $40,000 and have no real property that would otherwise pass through probate (which excludes joint tenancy property).
The state of Connecticut imposes an estate tax on property owned in Connecticut. If you are inheriting property from the state of Connecticut, it may be subject to estate tax if the overall value of the estate is more than $12,920,000.
Yes. Federal exemptions are available in Connecticut.
Owner occupied real property, co-op or mobile manufactured home, to $250,000. (Effective October 1, 2021)
$7,000
In Connecticut, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks under state law.
The minimum wage in Connecticut is $15.69 an hour. Because this is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, employees in Connecticut must be paid at least $15.69 an hour.
The minimum wage in Fairfield County is $15 an hour, the state minimum wage.
In Connecticut, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $6.38 an hour (or $8.23 an hour, if you work as a bartender), as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $15.69 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.