(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and in subsection (a) of section 45a-495, the time of creation of a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment is determined under general principles of property law.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 45a-492

  • Person: means an individual, corporation, statutory or business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, court, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
  • Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership, whether real or personal and whether legal or equitable, or any interest therein. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c

(b) For purposes of sections 45a-490 to 45a-496, inclusive, if there is a person who alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of (1) a nonvested property interest or (2) a property interest subject to a power of appointment described in subsection (b) or (c) of section 45a-491, the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates.

(c) For purposes of sections 45a-490 to 45a-496, inclusive, a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising from a transfer of property to a previously funded trust or other existing property arrangement is created when the nonvested property interest or power of appointment in the original contribution was created.