Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-557 (2025)

Short title: Connecticut Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

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Sections 45a-557 to 45a-560b, inclusive, may be cited as the “Connecticut Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”.

(P.A. 95-117, S. 1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2021 · leading case: McKeon v. Lennon, 27 A.3d 436 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011).
McKeon v. Lennon, 27 A.3d 436 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 4× “The next day, the defendant filed an amended motion for contempt, alleging that the plaintiff also had failed to divide certain accounts, established pursuant to the Connecticut Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (CUTMA), General Statutes §§ 45a-557 through 45a-560b, as required…”
Mangiante v. Niemiec, 910 A.2d 235 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 4× “The issue in this case is whether a trial court has equitable authority to depart from this rule to protect the beneficiary of an account established pursuant to the Connecticut Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (act), General Statutes §§ 45a-557 through 45a-560b, who seeks such…”
May v. Coffey, 967 A.2d 495 (Conn. 2009). · cites it 2× “Coffey under the Connecticut Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (act), General Statutes § 45a-557 et seq.; John Coffey, the company’s executive vice president and chief information officer and a member of its board of directors, individually and in his capacity as custodian for…”
Mangiante v. Niemiec, 843 A.2d 656 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “The principal issues in this appeal are whether (1) the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (act), General Statutes §§ 45a-557 through 45a-560b, establishes a fiduciary relationship between a custodian and a minor and whether (2) the trial court improperly concluded that the…”
Sender v. Sender, 743 A.2d 1149 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000). · cites it 4× “” Disputes under the Connecticut Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, General Statutes §§ 45a-557 through 45a-560b, fall under the original jurisdiction of the Probate Court.”
In re Prob. Appeal of McIntyre, 263 A.3d 925 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 7× “The plaintiff, Ian McIntyre, individually and as the custodian of an account created pursuant to the Connecticut Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA), General Statutes § 45a-557 et seq.1 for the benefit of his son, Douglas McIntyre, appeals from the judgment of the Superior…”
Bock v. Bock, 14 A.3d 479 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “” 3 These are accounts in which funds are set aside for children pursuant to General Statutes § 45a-557 et seq. 4 The plaintiff based this figure on an approximation of one half of the costs associated with one year of enrollment at Norwalk Community College.”
Kravetz v. Kravetz, 11 A.3d 1141 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “” “The Connecticut Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, General Statutes §§ 45a-546 through 45a-556, was replaced in 1995 by the Connecticut Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, General Statutes §§ 45a-557 through 45a-560b.”
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