{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-499s","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-499s","heading":"Representation by fiduciaries, parents and persons having substantially identical interests.","body":"(a) To the extent there is no conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute: (1) A conservator of the estate may represent and bind the estate that the conservator controls; (2) a conservator of the person or guardian of an adult with intellectual disability may, with court approval, represent and bind the conserved person if a conservator of the estate has not been appointed; (3) an agent having authority to do so may represent and bind the principal; (4) a trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust; (5) an executor or administrator of a decedent's estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate; and (6) if a guardian of the estate has not been appointed, a parent of a minor may represent and bind the parent's minor or unborn child.\n(b) Unless otherwise represented, a minor, an incapacitated or unborn individual, or a person whose identity or location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable, may be represented by and bound by another person having a substantially identical interest with respect to the particular question or dispute, but only to the extent there is no conflict of interest between the representative and the person being represented.","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-499s","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":"d0050933a11de501ba975b40e73e5ba62ba9244d3bb57e1c12a3f4973775902f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-499r","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-499t"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}