Connecticut § 52-225l - l . Transfer of structured settlement payment rights: General provisions.

§ 52-225l. l . Transfer of structured settlement payment rights: General provisions.

Sec. 52-225l. Transfer of structured settlement payment rights: General provisions. (a) The provisions of sections 52-225g to 52-225l, inclusive, may not be waived by any payee.

(b) Any transfer agreement entered into on or after October 1, 2003, by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under such transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this state. No such transfer agreement shall authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.

(c) No transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall extend to any payments that are life-contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer for:

(1) Periodically confirming the payee's survival; and

(2) Giving the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death.

(d) No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on any failure of such transfer to satisfy the conditions of sections 52-225g to 52-225l, inclusive.

(e) Nothing contained in sections 52-225g to 52-225l, inclusive, shall be construed to authorize any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of any law or to imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement entered into prior to October 1, 2003, is valid or invalid.

(f) Compliance with the requirements set forth in section 52-225h and fulfillment of the conditions set forth in section 52-225i shall be solely the responsibility of the transferee in any transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer shall bear any responsibility for, or any liability arising from, noncompliance with such requirements or failure to fulfill such conditions.

(g) The provisions of sections 52-225g to 52-225l, inclusive, shall be applicable to transfer agreements executed on and after October 1, 2003.

(P.A. 03-110, S. 6.)