Sec. 45a-545q. Relief from liability and indemnification.
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(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.
(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.
(c)A second-trust instrument may not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.
(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.