(a) Subject to section 45a-500g, the terms of a trust may grant a power of direction to a trust director.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 45a-500f

  • Power of direction: includes a power over the investment, management or distribution of trust property or other matters of trust administration, but does not include the powers described in subsection (b) of section 45a-500e. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
  • Terms of a trust: means :

    (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, the manifestation of the settlor's intent regarding a trust's provisions as:

    (i) Expressed in the trust instrument. 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) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise: (1) A trust director may exercise any further power appropriate to the exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction granted to the director under subsection (a) of this section; and (2) trust directors with joint powers shall act by majority decision.