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Court filing fees in Connecticut

What the court charges to start a divorce or an adult name change in Connecticut, as stated in the fee schedule or statute. Lawyer fees, service of papers and newspaper costs are extra.

The details

Fee to file for divorce

for each civil cause in the Superior Court, three hundred sixty dollars (Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-259(a), 2025)¹

Same fee statewide.

Judicial Branch fee page could not be read (blocked). Value from a copy of the statute.

Fee to respond to a divorce

a fee of two hundred five dollars at the time any counterclaim, cross complaint is filed¹

No fee is listed for an appearance or answer alone. A cross complaint costs $205.

Fee for an adult name change

All other petitions, motions and applications (other than decedents' estates and accountings) $250.00 (Probate Court)²³

Same fee statewide.

Probate fee page lists no fee by name for name change. The catch-all petition fee applies.

Court that handles divorce

Superior Court (divorce). Probate Court handles name changes.¹³

If you cannot afford the fee

JD-FM-75, Application for Waiver of Fees: People with low income or high expenses, or who receive TFA, SAGA, SNAP, SSI or AABD.⁴ Get the form

Sources

1. Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-259 (2025), Justia (copy of Connecticut General Statutes) (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
2. Fees & Expenses Calculators, Connecticut Probate Courts, checked 1 November 2026
3. Name Changes, Connecticut Probate Courts, checked 1 November 2026
4. Ask for a Fee Waiver (December 2025), Statewide Legal Services / CTLawHelp (secondary), checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source we used only because the official page could not be read.