{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-545q","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-545q","heading":"Relief from liability and indemnification.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(c) A second-trust instrument may not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 45a. PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 802c*. TRUSTS","PART IX. CONNECTICUT UNIFORM TRUST DECANTING ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_802c.htm#sec_45a-545q","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":"1cbbfd12ebf78d08a80690ae4341d3ead564c150084de3986a61296afb741d2d","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-545p","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-545r"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}