Connecticut Household Paperwork Bundle: 4 Kits in One Download (CT Executor and Estate Kit, Connecticut Small Claims Kit, Connecticut POA Signing Kit, Connecticut Will Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in Connecticut getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in Connecticut. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 4 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The Connecticut kits are built only from our Connecticut data files: Sources, checked November 2026: Connecticut Probate Courts form PC-212, Affidavit in Lieu of Probate of Will/Administration (rev. 07/23); Connecticut Probate Courts: User guide, administration of decedents' estates (PDF); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Connecticut (Nolo, updated September 2025); Connecticut small claims data file, checked November 2026 against Connecticut Judicial Branch: Small Claims FAQ; Connecticut Judicial Branch E-Services: electronic filing (includes small claims matters; enrollment for self-represented parties and attorneys); Connecticut power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against 2015 Legislative Summary, Public Act 15-240 (Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator); 2016 Legislative Summary, Public Act 16-40 (Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator); Connecticut Advance Directives: Planning for Future Health Care Decisions (Connecticut Department of Social Services, Pub. 06-14); Connecticut will signing data file, checked November 2026 against Affidavit in Proof of Will and/or Codicil, form PC-210 (rev. 1/19), Connecticut Probate Courts; Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Connecticut (Nolo, updated September 2025).
• Every kit in the set is written for Connecticut.

What is inside

• Connecticut Executor and Estate Kit. Personal property in the person's name alone up to $40,000. Solely owned real estate in the state rules the procedure out; survivorship real estate doesn't, and survivorship assets over $40,000 don't count against the limit. Real estate in the person's name alone takes the estate out of this procedure. No waiting period: the Probate Courts' form PC-212 asks for the date of death and that no estate petition is pending, and sets no minimum time before filing. The official form doesn't call for a notary. Signed under penalty of false statement; the form has no notary block. Through a court office. Filed with the probate court for the district where the person lived, with a copy of the death certificate; the judge authorizes the transfers. PC-212, Affidavit in Lieu of Probate of Will/Administration. Filed with PC-212CI (confidential information) and, if assets remain after expenses and claims, PC-212A (request for order of distribution). Affidavit in lieu of probate of will or administration: The small estate procedure itself: a probate court process, not a document handed to a bank. The surviving spouse can be the petitioner; if there is none, a next of kin. Signed in front of two witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence (Nolo, citing Conn. Gen. Stat. 45a-251). Allowed. Per Nolo (citing 45a-285), the testator and witnesses sign an affidavit before a notary. Not recognized, per Nolo's Connecticut page (updated September 2025). A witness who, or whose spouse, gets a gift under the will could lose it (Nolo, citing 45a-258). Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $40,000 and flags real estate in the person's name alone, which rules the route out.
• Connecticut Small Claims Court Kit. In Connecticut, small claims (Small Claims session of the Superior Court) cover claims up to $5,000. From the official page: $5,000, or $15,000 for home improvement contract claims. Where and how to file, from the official pages: Individuals: where the plaintiff lives, where the defendant lives or does business, or where the transaction or injury happened. Business plaintiffs: where the defendant lives or does business, or where the transaction or injury happened. Landlord-tenant: the housing session where the property is. Fees: entry (filing) fee: $95; counterclaim: $95; motion to transfer to the regular docket: $125; application for wage, property or bank execution: $105. From the Judicial Branch small claims FAQ. If the plaintiff wins, the entry fee and service costs are added to the judgment. Online filing: https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/super/E-Services/efile/ Service: The plaintiff serves each defendant by priority mail with delivery confirmation, certified mail return receipt requested, a national courier with delivery confirmation, or a proper officer such as a state marshal (required for out-of-state business entities). File the Statement of Service (JD-CV-123). Lawyers are allowed. Appeal: No right to appeal a small claims decision. A claim calculator that adds up your items and compares the total with $5,000 and $15,000 (home improvement contracts), a costs sheet with the Connecticut fee list, a deadline sheet in business days that skips weekends and federal holidays, and a collection tracker with the balance owed.
• Connecticut Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your Connecticut power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. The probate courts' summary says acknowledging isn't a requirement, though it matters when a bank or other third party is asked to accept the power of attorney; the statutory forms include an acknowledgment. Step by step in signing order: statutory form: Start from the official form: Connecticut statutory short form and long form power of attorney; notary: Notarizing isn't a condition of validity here, but do it anyway; witnesses: Two witnesses sign too; durable after incapacity: Durable unless the document says incapacity ends it. Healthcare: An advance directive is signed before two witnesses; the health care representative can't be one. A notary is needed only for the optional witnesses' affidavit. Notary: "While not a requirement, the POA may also be acknowledged." Witnesses: "witnessed by two witnesses" Durable after incapacity: "is durable, unless the instrument specifically provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal" Healthcare power of attorney: "You must sign the document in the presence of two witnesses in order for the advance directives to be valid." The 6 confirmed Connecticut facts at a glance; to look up on the official page: agent's acknowledgment, recording for real estate.
• Connecticut Will Signing Day Kit. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Signed in front of two witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence (Nolo, citing Conn. Gen. Stat. 45a-251). Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. If a beneficiary would have to witness, stop and call the lawyer first: A witness who, or whose spouse, gets a gift under the will could lose it (Nolo, citing 45a-258). Have a notary there for the self-proving affidavit. The official page we read names a notary public. Allowed. Per Nolo (citing 45a-285), the testator and witnesses sign an affidavit before a notary. The rule here: A witness who, or whose spouse, gets a gift under the will could lose it (Nolo, citing 45a-258). The testator signs (or acknowledges the signature) while the witnesses watch, then each witness signs. Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Connecticut: Not provided for: no Connecticut law we found lets witnesses appear by video, and e-wills aren't authorized (Nolo's Connecticut page, updated September 2025). Electronic wills: Not authorized; the will must be on paper, per Nolo's Connecticut page (updated September 2025). Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Connecticut: Not recognized, per Nolo's Connecticut page (updated September 2025).