Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-25: (Formerly Sec. 45-11b). Probate judge not to appear as attorney in contested matter in probate court.

(a) A judge of probate shall not appear as attorney in any contested matter in any court of probate.

(b) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, a matter before a court of probate is a contested matter when any party to such matter informs the court, orally or in writing, of any objection or opposition in such matter, without regard to the apparent merit or lack of merit of such objection or opposition.