An attorney’s refusal to answer some questions about his handling of an estate within his own family has resulted in a suspension of his Connecticut law license for 18 months.

Noah H. Starkey, a solo practitioner in Manchester who is licensed to practice in both Connecticut and Massachusetts, will have to pay his brother in law and sister in law from a judgment of about $300,000 before he can apply for reinstatement. Starkey will also have to pass a multistate professional responsibility course as part of the terms of his discipline handed down on April 2 by Superior Court Judge Carl J. Schumann.