New Haven County Probate Court
New Haven Probate Court is Probate District PD-38 and covers the town of New Haven. It is located at 200 Orange Street, 1st Floor, with a mailing address of P.O. Box 905, New Haven, CT 06504-0905. The court is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Judge Americo R. Carchia is listed for the court, and Patrizia Clark is listed as Chief Clerk. The court phone is 203-946-4880, and the fax is 203-946-5962.
Connecticut Probate Courts are separate from the Superior Court, though probate appeals may go to Superior Court when allowed by law. Probate matters include trusts and estates, children's matters, mental health commitments, intellectual disability matters, conservatorships, guardianships, name changes, powers of attorney, protective services for the elderly, and other specialized proceedings. Online access is much narrower than the full workload: the statewide probate lookup is focused on decedent estates and trusts.
New Haven Probate Court PD-38
Judge: Americo R. Carchia
Chief Clerk: Patrizia Clark
200 Orange Street, 1st Floor
P.O. Box 905, New Haven, CT 06504-0905
203-946-4880
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
New Haven County Probate Terms
Probate records use terms that are not always clear from a search result. The definitions below keep the main terms tied to the New Haven County probate records a searcher is likely to see in an estate, trust, guardianship, or conservatorship file.
- Testator
- A person who made a will before death.
- Executor
- The person named to carry out the will and administer the estate, if the court accepts the appointment.
- Intestate
- Dying without a valid will, which means estate distribution follows state law and court process.
- Guardianship
- A probate matter appointing someone to act for a minor or protected person in a defined role.
- Conservatorship
- A probate matter appointing someone to manage personal or financial affairs for an adult found incapable.
- Fiduciary
- A person with legal responsibility to manage an estate, trust, or protected person's affairs.
The New Haven Probate Court source page identifies PD-38, the court staff, and the office details used for local probate requests.
That local court page is the contact source when the online probate lookup does not show the document or case type needed.
Search New Haven County Probate Records
The Connecticut Probate Courts Case Lookup Tool is the online search route for public decedent estate and trust index information. The tool is not a full public document database. It says case data is available from January 5, 2011 to present for decedent estates and trusts, and that some pre-2011 records may appear but older database content is incomplete. For older records, archived records, and case types outside estates or trusts, contact the court or use the Connecticut State Library when the court directs that route.
- Choose the probate case type, such as Decedent's Estate or Trusts.
- Select PD38 - New Haven Probate Court when the matter belongs in New Haven.
- Use status, first name, and last name fields to narrow the New Haven County probate records search.
- Open a case number when available to view additional case information, including fiduciary contact information if the tool displays it.
- Contact the district directly for filings, certified copies, older estates, or any matter not available through online lookup.
The probate lookup source page shows the statewide tool used for New Haven County probate record searches.
The search tool is useful for index-level estate and trust work, but it does not replace the New Haven Probate Court for document access.
New Haven County Probate Lookup Fields
The probate case lookup has a small set of fields. District selection is important for New Haven County probate records because the statewide list includes many probate districts, including New Haven Probate Court PD-38 and New Haven Regional Children's Probate Court PD-55.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options or notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Type | dropdown/radio | Yes | Decedent's Estate or Trusts. |
| District | dropdown | Yes or strongly recommended | Use PD38 - New Haven Probate Court for New Haven estate and trust records. |
| Status | dropdown/radio | No | Both, Open, or Closed. |
| First Name | text | No | Party, decedent, or trust-related search term. |
| Last Name | text | No | Party, decedent, or trust-related search term. |
| Search button | button | Yes | The tool instructs users to specify criteria and click search. |
Visible probate result fields include Case Number, Last Name, First Name, MI, Type, and District. The tool may let a searcher click the case number for fiduciary contact information and click the district name for Probate Court contact information.
New Haven County Probate Offices
New Haven has one main local probate court for town probate matters, PD-38. The research also identifies New Haven Regional Children's Probate Court PD-55 at 873 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511-3923, phone 203-773-9556. That regional court is relevant to children's probate matters, while PD-38 is the general local contact for New Haven estates, trusts, conservatorships, guardianships, and other New Haven Probate Court matters.
| Court or office | Address | Phone | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven Probate Court PD-38 | 200 Orange Street, 1st Floor, New Haven, CT | 203-946-4880 | New Haven estates, trusts, conservatorships, guardianships, name changes, and other probate matters. |
| New Haven Regional Children's Probate Court PD-55 | 873 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511-3923 | 203-773-9556 | Regional children's probate matters. |
New Haven County Probate Fees
The research file did not provide a Connecticut Probate Court fee schedule with exact filing and certified-copy amounts. Because PHASE-B requires a fee feature but forbids invented fees, the correct New Haven County probate fee treatment is to identify where fees are confirmed and what must be verified before filing. Contact PD-38 before submitting a new case, requesting certified copies, or filing a fiduciary document that may carry a statutory fee.
| Probate item | Fee handling |
|---|---|
| Estate or trust filing | Confirm with New Haven Probate Court PD-38 before filing. |
| Certified probate copy | Confirm copy and certification cost with the court before ordering. |
| Guardianship or conservatorship filing | Contact the court because public online lookup does not publish a complete fee table in the research. |
| Older or archived probate record | Ask PD-38 whether the court or Connecticut State Library handles the request and fee. |
Note: Exact probate filing fees were not present in the provided research, so no dollar amounts were added.
What New Haven County Probate Records Show
Estate and trust records may show the case number, district, case type, party or decedent names, fiduciary information, status, and court contact information. Full files can include petitions, wills, inventories, accountings, fiduciary appointments, notices, decrees, distributions, and related filings, depending on the matter and access rules. The online lookup gives index and contact data, not a guaranteed full document image set.
Probate Court matter lists are broader than estate search pages. The New Haven court's forms-and-documents block includes adoption, DCF voluntary services, emancipation, guardianship of estate, guardianship of person, parentage, termination of parental rights, UTMA, adult and child commitments, drug and alcohol commitment, involuntary medication, cemetery associations, confirmation of gender change, name change, power of attorney, protective services for the elderly, restoration of rights to purchase or possess firearms, decedent's estate, and trust.
Restricted New Haven County Probate Records
Not every Probate Court matter is public in the same way as a decedent estate index. Adoption, parentage, children's matters, minor guardianship, mental-health commitment, intellectual disability matters, and some conservatorship materials can be restricted or unavailable through public online search. Sensitive probate files should be treated as limited access unless the New Haven Probate Court confirms a public inspection path.
The juvenile confidentiality image comes from Connecticut Chapter 815t, which is relevant because children's and juvenile-linked matters can intersect with probate access limits.
That confidentiality framework is one reason a New Haven County probate records search may show estate data online while children's or mental-health files require direct court guidance.