{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-499k","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-499k","heading":"Nonjudicial settlement agreements.","body":"(a) For the purposes of this section, “interested persons” means persons whose consent would be required in order to achieve a binding settlement were the settlement to be approved by the court.\n(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (e) of this section, interested persons may enter into a binding, nonjudicial settlement agreement with respect to any matter involving an inter vivos trust.\n(c) A nonjudicial settlement agreement is valid only to the extent it does not violate a material purpose of the trust and includes terms and conditions that could be properly approved by the court under sections 45a-487j to 45a-487t, inclusive, and 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, or other applicable law.\n(d) Matters that may be resolved by a nonjudicial settlement agreement include: (1) The interpretation or construction of the terms of the trust; (2) the approval of a trustee's report or accounting; (3) direction to a trustee to refrain from performing a particular act or the grant to a trustee of any necessary or desirable power; (4) the resignation or appointment of a trustee and the determination of a trustee's compensation; (5) transfer of a trust's principal place of administration; and (6) liability of a trustee for an action relating to the trust.\n(e) A nonjudicial settlement agreement may not modify or terminate an irrevocable trust. Such a modification or termination may be accomplished only under the provisions of sections 45a-499dd to 45a-499kk, inclusive.\n(f) An interested person may request the court to approve a nonjudicial settlement agreement to determine whether the representation provided pursuant to sections 45a-499q to 45a-499u, inclusive, was adequate and to determine whether the agreement contains terms and conditions the court could have properly approved.","path":["TITLE 45a. PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 802c*. TRUSTS","PART IIa. CONNECTICUT UNIFORM TRUST CODE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_802c.htm#sec_45a-499k","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"e977d09cb729cd4d0a7ba42214abbb2c802b6aea0088c3cf793443c20229064b","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-499j","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-499l"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}