As of Tuesday December 14, 2010 the Portland Probate Court will be located in Marlborough, along with the merging courts of East Hampton, East Haddam and Marlborough.

• probating wills and the administration of estates
• overseeing testamentary and living trusts
• determining title to real and personal property
  
• construing the meaning of wills and trusts
  
• appointing guardians for the mentally challenged
  
• appointing conservators of the person and the estate of incapable individuals
  
• committing those suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug
• addiction to an appropriate facility
  
• removing unfit parents as guardians of their children
  
• terminating the parental rights of parents who cannot fulfill their parental responsibilities
  
• granting adoptions
  
• granting name changes
  
• U.S. Passport Applications
  
• other matters