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# Gabrielle Labonte

Northeast Probate Court · Probate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Northeast Probate Court
- State: Connecticut
- Role: Probate Judge
- Service status: active

## Summary

Gabrielle Labonte — Northeast Probate Court

## Sources

- [Court Locator](https://www.ctprobate.gov/court-locator)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Running for re‐election as Judge of Probate, District 26, in the November 3, 2026 general election
- The Regional Probate Judge for Connecticut’s Northeast Regional Probate Court, serving Probate District 26, which covers Ashford, Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson, and Woodstock

### Education

- Suffolk University Law School in Boston — J.D.

### Additional information

- Active public speaker at senior centers, Alzheimer’s Association meetings, and veterans’ events, and serves as Vice President of the Connecticut Probate Judges Association
- She spent most of her career in private practice focusing on elder law, estate planning, Medicaid, and probate before retiring from active practice to focus on the Probate Court



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Connecticut Probate Court Rule 66.1 — electronic participation](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c0aec96b376d18df89851f00) — Probate Courts only. Rule 66.1 was amended July 1, 2022 and retained in the July 2026 compilation. Electronic participation is discretionary, not an entitlement. Shared baseline only, not a judge-specific preference or complete local rules inventory. Apply source exceptions, case-type limits, later amendments and case orders. [Official source](https://www.ctprobate.gov/Documents/Probate%20Court%20Rules%20of%20Procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.