{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-1-365","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-365","heading":"Obligation to accept substitute decision-making document.","body":"(a) Except as provided in section 1-350s, a person who is asked to accept a substitute decision-making document shall accept within a reasonable time a document that purportedly meets the validity requirements of section 1-362. The person may not require an additional or different form of document for authority granted in the document presented.\n(b) A person who is asked to accept a substitute decision-making document is not required to accept the document if:\n(1) The person otherwise would not be required in the same circumstances to act if requested by the individual who executed the document;\n(2) The person has actual knowledge of the termination of the decision maker's authority or the document;\n(3) The person's request under subsection (b) of section 1-364 for the decision maker's assertion of fact, a translation or an opinion of counsel is refused;\n(4) The person in good faith believes that the document is not valid or the decision maker does not have the authority to request a particular transaction or action; or\n(5) The person makes, or has actual knowledge that another person has made, a report to an agency responsible for investigating allegations of abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment stating a belief that the individual for whom a decision will be made may be subject to abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment by the decision maker or a person acting for or with the decision maker.\n(c) A person who refuses to accept a substitute decision-making document in violation of this section is subject to:\n(1) A court order mandating acceptance of the document; and\n(2) Liability for reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in an action or proceeding that mandates acceptance of the document.","path":["TITLE 1. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION","CHAPTER 15c. CONNECTICUT UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT AND CONNECTICUT UNIFORM RECOGNITION OF SUBSTITUTE DECISION-MAKING DOCUMENTS ACT","PART II. CONNECTICUT UNIFORM RECOGNITION OF SUBSTITUTE DECISION-MAKING DOCUMENTS ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_015c.htm#sec_1-365","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:53Z","sha256":"68bb7345327cb3c43730c5961642c78c5570a6c739d13c8aad25ea9532d88eab","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-1-364","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-1-366"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}