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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-545q: Relief from liability and indemnification.

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  1. TITLE 45a. PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEDURE
  2. CHAPTER 802c*. TRUSTS
  3. PART IX. CONNECTICUT UNIFORM TRUST DECANTING ACT

(a) Except as provided in this section, a second-trust instrument may not relieve an authorized fiduciary from liability for breach of trust to a greater extent than the first-trust instrument.

(b) A second-trust instrument may provide for indemnification of an authorized fiduciary of the first trust or another person acting in a fiduciary capacity under the first trust for any liability or claim that would have been payable from the first trust if the decanting power had not been exercised.

(c) A second-trust instrument may not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.

(d) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a second-trust instrument may divide and reallocate fiduciary powers among fiduciaries, including one or more trustees or trust directors, and relieve a fiduciary from liability for an act or failure to act of another fiduciary as permitted by the law of this state, other than sections 45a-545a to 45a-545cc, inclusive.

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