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CT Gen Stat § 50a-1. (Formerly Sec. 45-194a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-1. (Formerly Sec. 45-194a) - International will: Definitions.

 For the purposes of sections 50a-1 to 50a-9, inclusive:(1) “International will” means a will executed in conformity with sections 50a-2 to 50a-5, inclusive.(2) “Authorized person” and “person authorized to act in connection with international wills” means a person who by section 50a-9 or by the laws of the United States, including members of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by Foreign Service Regulations, is empowered to supervise the execution of international wills.(P.A. 87-369, S. 1.)History: Sec. 45-194a transferred to Sec. 50a-1 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-2. (Formerly Sec. 45-194b) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-2. (Formerly Sec. 45-194b) - International will: Validity.

 (a) A will is valid as regards form, irrespective particularly of the place where it is made, of the location of the assets and of the nationality, domicile or residence of the testator, if it is made in the form of an international will complying with the requirements of sections 50a-1 to 50a-9, inclusive.(b) The invalidity of the will as an international will does not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.(c) Sections 50a-1 to 50a-9, inclusive, do not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument.(P.A. 87-369, S. 2.)History: Sec. 45-194b transferred to Sec. 50a-2 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-3. (Formerly Sec. 45-194c) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-3. (Formerly Sec. 45-194c) - International will: Requirements.

 (a) The will shall be made in writing. It need not be written by the testator himself. It may be written in any language, by hand or by any other means.(b) The testator shall declare in the presence of two witnesses and of a person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the document is his will and that he knows the contents thereof. The testator need not inform the witnesses, or the authorized person, of the contents of the will.(c) In the presence of the witnesses, and of the authorized person, the testator shall sign the will or, if he has previously signed it, shall acknowledge his signature.(d) If the testator is unable to sign, the absence of his signature does not affect the validity of the international will if the testator indicates the reason for his inability to sign and the authorized person makes note thereof on the will. In that case, it is permissible for any other person present, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, at the direction of the testator, to sign the testator's name for him if the authorized person makes note of this on the will, but it is not required that any person sign the testator's name for him.(e) The witnesses and the authorized person shall there and then attest the will by signing in the presence of the testator.(P.A. 87-369, S. 3.)History: Sec. 45-194c transferred to Sec. 50a-3 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-4. (Formerly Sec. 45-194d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-4. (Formerly Sec. 45-194d) - International will: Other points of form.

 (a) The signatures shall be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of several sheets, each sheet shall be signed by the testator or, if he is unable to sign, by the person signing on his behalf or, if there is no such person, by the authorized person. In addition, each sheet shall be numbered.(b) The date of the will shall be the date of its signature by the authorized person. That date shall be noted at the end of the will by the authorized person.(c) The authorized person shall ask the testator whether he wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of his will. If so and at the express request of the testator, the place where he intends to have his will kept shall be mentioned in the certificate provided for in section 50a-5.(d) A will executed in compliance with section 50a-3 is not invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.(P.A. 87-369, S. 4.)History: Sec. 45-194d transferred to Sec. 50a-4 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-5. (Formerly Sec. 45-194e) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-5. (Formerly Sec. 45-194e) - International will: Certificate of valid execution.

 The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by him establishing that the requirements of sections 50a-1 to 50a-9, inclusive, for valid execution of an international will have been fulfilled. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:CERTIFICATEI, .... (name, address, and capacity), a person authorized to act in connection with international wills, certify that on .... (date) at .... (place) (testator) .... (name, address, date and place of birth) in my presence and that of the witnesses (a) .... (name, address, date and place of birth) (b) .... (name, address, date and place of birth) has declared that the attached document is his will and that he knows the contents thereof.I furthermore certify that:(a) In my presence and in that of the witnesses(1) The testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his signature previously affixed;*(2) Following a declaration of the testator stating that he was unable to sign his will for the following reason ...., I have mentioned this declaration on the will, *and the signature has been affixed by .... (name and address);(b) The witnesses and I have signed the will;*(c) Each page of the will has been signed by .... and numbered;(d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above;(e) The witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the law under which I am acting;*(f) The testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of his will:PLACE OF EXECUTIONDATESIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL*to be completed if appropriate(P.A. 87-369, S. 5.)History: Sec. 45-194e transferred to Sec. 50a-5 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-6. (Formerly Sec. 45-194f) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-6. (Formerly Sec. 45-194f) - International will: Effect of certificate.

 In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the certificate of the authorized person is conclusive of the formal validity of the instrument as a will under sections 50a-1 to 50a-9, inclusive. The absence or irregularity of a certificate does not affect the formal validity of a will under sections 50a-1 to 50a-9, inclusive.(P.A. 87-369, S. 6.)History: Sec. 45-194f transferred to Sec. 50a-6 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-7. (Formerly Sec. 45-194g) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-7. (Formerly Sec. 45-194g) - International will: Revocation.

 An international will is subject to the ordinary rules of revocation of wills.(P.A. 87-369, S. 7.)History: Sec. 45-194g transferred to Sec. 50a-7 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-8. (Formerly Sec. 45-194h) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-8. (Formerly Sec. 45-194h) - International will: Source and construction of law.

 Sections 50a-1 to 50a-9, inclusive, derive from Annex to Convention of October 26, 1973, Providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will. In interpreting and applying sections 50a-1 to 50a-9, inclusive, regard shall be had to its international origin and to the need for uniformity in its interpretation.(P.A. 87-369, S. 8.)History: Sec. 45-194h transferred to Sec. 50a-8 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-9. (Formerly Sec. 45-194i) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 860 - International Wills|Section 50a-9. (Formerly Sec. 45-194i) - International will: Attorney as authorized person.

 Individuals who have been admitted to practice law before the courts of this state and are currently licensed so to do are authorized persons in relation to international wills.(P.A. 87-369, S. 9.)History: Sec. 45-194i transferred to Sec. 50a-9 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-30. (Formerly Sec. 52-610) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-30. (Formerly Sec. 52-610) - Short title: Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.

 Sections 50a-30 to 50a-38, inclusive, may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act”.(P.A. 88-39, S. 1.)History: Sec. 52-610 transferred to Sec. 50a-30 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-31. (Formerly Sec. 52-611) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-31. (Formerly Sec. 52-611) - Definitions.

 As used in sections 50a-30 to 50a-38, inclusive:(1) “Foreign state” means any governmental unit other than the United States or any state, district, commonwealth, territory or insular possession thereof.(2) “Foreign judgment” means any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money, other than a judgment for taxes, a fine or other penalty or a judgment for support in matrimonial or family matters.(P.A. 88-39, S. 2.)History: Sec. 52-611 transferred to Sec. 50a-31 in 1991.Annotation to former section 52-611:Cited. 41 CS 376.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-32. (Formerly Sec. 52-612) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-32. (Formerly Sec. 52-612) - Applicability.

 Sections 50a-30 to 50a-38, inclusive, apply to any foreign judgment that is final and conclusive and enforceable where rendered.(P.A. 88-39, S. 3.)History: Sec. 52-612 transferred to Sec. 50a-32 in 1991.Annotation to former section 52-612:Cited. 41 CS 376.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-33. (Formerly Sec. 52-613) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-33. (Formerly Sec. 52-613) - Recognition and enforcement.

 Except as provided in section 50a-34, a foreign judgment meeting the requirements of section 50a-32 is conclusive between the parties to the extent that it grants or denies recovery of a sum of money. The foreign judgment is enforceable in the same manner as the judgment of a sister state which is entitled to full faith and credit.(P.A. 88-39, S. 4.)History: Sec. 52-613 transferred to Sec. 50a-33 in 1991.Annotation to former section 52-613:Cited. 41 CS 376.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-34. (Formerly Sec. 52-614) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-34. (Formerly Sec. 52-614) - Grounds for nonrecognition.

 (a) A foreign judgment is not conclusive if:(1) The judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;(2) The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the judgment debtor; or(3) The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.(b) A foreign judgment need not be recognized if:(1) The judgment debtor in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend;(2) The judgment was obtained by fraud;(3) The cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state;(4) The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;(5) The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be settled otherwise than by proceedings in that court; or(6) In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.(P.A. 88-39, S. 5.)History: Sec. 52-614 transferred to Sec. 50a-34 in 1991.Annotation to former section 52-614:Cited. 41 CS 376.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-35. (Formerly Sec. 52-615) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-35. (Formerly Sec. 52-615) - Personal jurisdiction.

 (a) The foreign judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:(1) The judgment debtor was served personally in the foreign state;(2) The judgment debtor voluntarily appeared in the proceedings, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over him;(3) The judgment debtor prior to the commencement of the proceedings had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;(4) The judgment debtor was domiciled in the foreign state when the proceedings were instituted, or, being a body corporate had its principal place of business, was incorporated or had otherwise acquired corporate status, in the foreign state;(5) The judgment debtor maintained a business office in the foreign state and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the judgment debtor through that office in the foreign state; or(6) The judgment debtor operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action arising out of such operation.(b) The courts of this state may recognize other bases of jurisdiction.(P.A. 88-39, S. 6.)History: Sec. 52-615 transferred to Sec. 50a-35 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-36. (Formerly Sec. 52-616) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-36. (Formerly Sec. 52-616) - Stay of enforcement.

 (a) If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.(b) If the judgment debtor shows the court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of a court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment as is required in this state.(P.A. 88-39, S. 7.)History: Sec. 52-616 transferred to Sec. 50a-36 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-37 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-37 - (Formerly Sec. 52-617.) Savings clause.

 Sections 50a-30 to 50a-38, inclusive, do not prevent the recognition of a foreign judgment in situations not covered by said sections.(P.A. 88-39, S. 8.)History: Sec. 52-617 transferred to Sec. 50a-37 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-38. (Formerly Sec. 52-618) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861 - Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act|Section 50a-38. (Formerly Sec. 52-618) - Uniform interpretation.

 Sections 50a-30 to 50a-38, inclusive, shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them.(P.A. 88-39, S. 9.)History: Sec. 52-618 transferred to Sec. 50a-38 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-50 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861a - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act|Section 50a-50 - Short title: Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.

 This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act”.(P.A. 89-134, S. 16.)
CT Gen Stat § 50a-51 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861a - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act|Section 50a-51 - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:(1) “Action” means a judicial or arbitration proceeding in which an order or award for a money payment may be tendered or enforced;(2) “Conversion date” means, except as provided in section 50a-58, the banking day next before the date on which money or an award is, in accordance with this chapter; (i) paid to a judgment creditor, (ii) paid to the designated official enforcing a judgment on behalf of the judgment creditor or (iii) used to effect a set-off of claims in different moneys in an action;(3) “Distribution proceeding” means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, or for the distribution, liquidation, or rehabilitation of a corporation, other entity, an estate, trust, or other fund in or against which the share of a foreign-money claim is asserted;(4) “Foreign money” means money other than money of the United States of America;(5) “Foreign-money claim” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money;(6) “Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of debts or other obligations, or a store of value authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government or by intergovernmental agreement;(7) “Money of the claim” means the money determined as proper by section 50a-54;(8) “Party” means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, partnership or association of two or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity asserting or defending against a foreign-money claim;(9) “Rate of exchange” means the rate at which the money of one country may be converted into another money in a free financial market convenient to or usable by the party to pay or to state a conversion. If separate exchange rates apply to different transactions or events, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction or event giving rise to the foreign-money claim;(10) “Spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or foreign-currency trader, for settlement by immediate payment, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days. “Bank-offered spot rate” means the rate at which a bank will issue its draft in the foreign currency or will cause credit to become available on a next-day basis in the foreign money.(P.A. 89-134, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 50a-52 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861a - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act|Section 50a-52 - Applicability.

 (a) Except as provided in section 50a-63, this chapter applies only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding.(b) This chapter applies to foreign-money issues notwithstanding the law applicable under the conflict of laws rules of this state to other issues in an action or distribution proceeding.(P.A. 89-134, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 50a-53 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861a - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act|Section 50a-53 - Variation by agreement.

 (a) The effect of provisions of this chapter may be varied by agreement of the parties made at any time before or after commencement of an action, distribution proceeding, or the entry of judgment.(b) The parties may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a foreign-money claim and may use different moneys for different aspects of the transaction. Stating the price in a foreign money or for a particular transaction does not require, of itself, the use of that money for all or any other aspects of the transaction.(P.A. 89-134, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 50a-54 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861a - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act|Section 50a-54 - Determination of proper money of claim.

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, proper money of the claim is, as the case may be, the money: (1) Regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing; (2) used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or (3) in which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by a party.(b) The money in which the parties have contracted that a payment be made is the proper money of the claim for that payment.(P.A. 89-134, S. 4; P.A. 07-217, S. 183.)History: P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 12, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 50a-55 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861a - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act|Section 50a-55 - Determination of amount of payment of certain contract claims.

 (a) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, unless otherwise agreed, the amount to be paid shall be determined on the appropriate conversion date.(b) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is to be measured by conversion from a different money at the exchange rate prevailing on a date prior to default, unless a longer time is agreed, that exchange rate applies only for payments made in a reasonable time after default, not to exceed thirty days. Conversion thereafter will be made at the bank-offered spot rate on the conversion date.(P.A. 89-134, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 50a-56 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 50a - International Law|Chapter 861a - Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act|Section 50a-56 - Foreign-money claim; assertion, defense.

 (a) A claimant may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money is not asserted, the claimant makes a claim for a judgment in United States dollars.(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that the claim is, in whole or in part, for a different money than that asserted by the claimant.(c) Any party may assert a defense set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.(P.A. 89-134, S. 6.)