Connecticut General Statutes Title 45A. Probate Courts and Procedure § 45a-499b. Scope

(a)Sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, apply to express trusts, whether testamentary or inter vivos, and to trusts created pursuant to a statute, judgment or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust.

(b) Except as expressly set forth in sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, do not apply to a charitable trust, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 45a-499c.

(c)Sections 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, do not apply to statutory trusts created pursuant to chapter 615. 1

(d) No provision of sections 45a-487j to 45a-487t, inclusive, and 45a-499a to 45a-500s, inclusive, as such provision may be applied to a trust established pursuant to and in compliance with 42 USC 1396p(d)(4), as amended from time to time, shall be interpreted in a manner that is inconsistent with, or that contravenes, the provisions of federal law; nor shall any court having jurisdiction over any such trust issue an order, judgment, decree or ruling, that is inconsistent with, or that contravenes, the provisions of federal law.