Trust funds received by executors, trustees, guardians or conservators may be kept invested in the securities received by them, unless it is otherwise ordered by the Court of Probate or unless the instrument under which such trust was created directs that a change of investments shall be made, and the fiduciaries thereof shall not be liable for any loss that may occur by depreciation of such securities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-204
(1949 Rev., S. 6894; P.A. 80-476, S. 187.)
Annotations to former section 45-89: Cited. 67 Conn. 195; 122 Conn. 386. Reasonable prudence to prevent loss is required. 76 C. 564; 115 C. 26. Statute does not apply where will directs replacement of investments. 79 C. 559. Borrowing to close out testator's margin accounts and protect securities pledged by him, sustained. 117 C. 582. Reorganization involving exchange of stock for shares of new corporation held not such a change as to prevent trustees from holding the new shares. 118 C. 509. Cited. 149 C. 349. Cited. 22 Conn.Supp. 162.
See Sec. 45a-199 for definition of "fiduciary".