{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-500h","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-500h","heading":"Duty and liability of trust director.","body":"(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, with respect to a power of direction or further power under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 45a-500f:\n(1) A trust director has the same fiduciary duty and liability in the exercise or nonexercise of the power:\n(A) If the power is held individually, as a sole trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances; or\n(B) If the power is held jointly with a trustee or another trust director, as a cotrustee in a like position and under similar circumstances; and\n(2) The terms of the trust may vary the director's duty or liability to the same extent the terms of the trust could vary the duty or liability of a trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances.\n(b) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, if a trust director is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law other than sections 45a-500b to 45a-500s, inclusive, to provide health care in the ordinary course of the director's business or practice of a profession, to the extent the director acts in that capacity, the director has no duty or liability under sections 45a-500b to 45a-500s, inclusive.\n(c) The terms of a trust may impose a duty or liability on a trust director in addition to the duties and liabilities under this section.","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-500h","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":"5be10a8fedf1de2a5b907ebc3843a3447d5006fc3301e505944ece7af776a654","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-500g","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-500i"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}