A Connecticut Law Blog

Pet wolverines? Not anymore.
Firing a machine gun? Not until you’re 16, lil buckaroo.
Testamentary trust for your Persian cat? No problem.
Happy Effective Date Day, Connecticut!

October 1st, 2009 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legislation | Leave a comment

by Ryan McKeen
One of the jobs of an attorney after a real estate closing is to record the transaction on the land records.
This involves an attorney driving to the town hall where the property is located and physically recording the documents.
Of all the legislation that will take effect on October 1, 2009. The Uniform Real [...]

September 30th, 2009 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legal Technology, Legislation, Real Estate | Leave a comment

by Ryan C. McKeen
I’ve had two contractors at my home that have fully complied with the existing Connecticut Home Improvement Act. That’s two out of many.
The truth is that the Connecticut Home Improvement Act requires full compliance by contractors with its many provisions.
This past session, the legislature passed and Governor Rell has signed a law [...]

June 30th, 2009 | Tags: ct contractors, ct home improvement act, ct home improvement law | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legislation, Small Business | Comments (2)

by Ryan McKeen
Effective July 1, 2009, the cost of litigating claims in Connecticut is going up:
1. the jury fee in civil actions, from $ 350 to $ 425;
2. the filing fee for bringing a case in the Superior Court, from (a) $ 225 to $ 300 and (b) from $ 120 to $ 175, for [...]

June 15th, 2009 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legislation, Litigation, Small Claims | Leave a comment

by Ryan C. McKeen
In the midst of a massive budget crisis, our State Legislature spent the final hours of its session debating…..get this……drumroll please…..passing a bill to protect stupid people from owning dangerous animals. Yep.  Can’t make this stuff up.
The bill would add only gorillas, chimps and orangutans to the list of wild animals already [...]

June 4th, 2009 | Tags: ct pet law, Legislation | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legislation, Random CT Laws | Leave a comment

by Ryan McKeen
I love the CT Judicial Branches News Log site. Love it.
If you haven’t checked it out – you need to.
It is the single greatest resource on the internet to stay on top of developments in Connecticut law. From advanced released opinions to legislation this site has it all.
Kudos to those at the law [...]

May 29th, 2009 | Tags: connecticut law, CT Judicial Branch, law library, website | Category: Legal Technology, Legislation | Leave a comment

by Ryan McKeen
The Senate last night approved a bill that cuts the current 117 probate court districts by more than half. It also imposes regular schedules in those courts and requires future probate judges to be attorneys. Conn Politics.TV
You can read the text of the bill here.
My question is where is the state going to [...]

May 28th, 2009 | Tags: ct legislature, ct probate court reform, ct probate courts | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legislation, Probate | Comments (3)

I originally posted this last year but it seems no one listened to me. So it’s time for a repost.
Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 3-110e simply reads as follows: Nathan Hale shall be the state hero.
I’ve always thought that if Hale had been a better spy,  he never would have had to give his “one life” for this country (that’s another blog entry [...]

May 6th, 2009 | Tags: connecticut state hero, paul newman | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legislation, Random CT Laws | Leave a comment

Throwing hula hoops on our state hero!?!?!?!
 

April 23rd, 2009 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legislation | Comments (6)