Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499b – Scope
(a) Sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, apply to express trusts, whether testamentary or inter vivos, and to trusts created pursuant to a statute, judgment or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499b
- Charitable trust: means a trust, or part of a trust, created (A) for a charitable purpose described in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
- Court: means a court of this state having jurisdiction over the matter pursuant to sections 45a-499o and 45a-499p or a court of another state having jurisdiction under the law of the other state. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
- Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) Except as expressly set forth in sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, do not apply to a charitable trust, as defined in subdivision (5) of § 45a-499c.
(c) Sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, do not apply to statutory trusts created pursuant to chapter 615.
(d) No provision of sections 45a-487j to 45a-487t, inclusive, and 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, as such provision may be applied to a trust established pursuant to and in compliance with 42 USC 1396p(d)(4), as amended from time to time, shall be interpreted in a manner that is inconsistent with, or that contravenes, the provisions of federal law; nor shall any court having jurisdiction over any such trust issue an order, judgment, decree or ruling, that is inconsistent with, or that contravenes, the provisions of federal law.