Connecticut General Statutes 45a-500o – Jurisdiction over trust director
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(a) By accepting appointment as a trust director of a trust subject to sections 45a-500b to 45a-500s, inclusive, the director submits to personal jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter related to a power or duty of the director.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 45a-500o
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and includes an Indian tribe or band recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
- Trust director: means a person that is granted a power of direction by the terms of a trust to the extent the power is exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee, provided a person is a trust director whether or not the terms of the trust refer to the person as a trust director and whether or not the person is a beneficiary or settlor of the trust. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
(b) This section does not preclude other methods of obtaining jurisdiction over a trust director.