Sec. 45a-499k. Nonjudicial settlement agreements.
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(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.