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§ 35-15-506. Distributions Relative to Support, Mandatory and Certain Remainder Interests

Relative to a support interest, whether or not a trust contains a spendthrift provision: Although a beneficiary of a support interest has enforceable rights under § 35-15-814, those rights do not raise the beneficiary’s support interest to the level of a property interest; No creditor or assignee shall reach that support interest until a distribution […]

§ 35-15-508. Removal or Replacement Power Over Trustee or Other Fiduciary Not Reachable by Holder’s Creditors — Interests of Beneficiary Who Is Also a Trustee or Other Fiduciary Not Reachable

No creditor or assignee of a beneficiary shall have the power to reach an interest of a beneficiary or any other person who holds an unconditional or conditional removal or replacement power over a trustee or other fiduciary. Such power over a trustee or other fiduciary is personal to the holder and shall not be […]

§ 35-15-505. Creditor’s Claims Against Settlor

Whether or not the terms of a trust contain a spendthrift provision, the following rules apply: During the lifetime of the settlor, the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims of the settlor’s creditors. Except as provided in chapter 16 of this title regarding investment services trusts and subdivisions (a)(3)-(5) regarding an irrevocable […]

§ 35-15-501. Application; Rights of Beneficiary’s Creditor or Assignee

This part applies to a creditor’s or assignee’s claims and ability to reach mandatory, support and discretionary interests regardless of whether such interests are subject to a spendthrift provision. To the extent not otherwise prohibited by this part, the court may authorize a creditor or assignee of the beneficiary to reach the beneficiary’s distribution interest […]

§ 35-15-502. Spendthrift Provision

A spendthrift provision is valid only if it restrains both voluntary and involuntary transfer of a beneficiary’s interest. A term of a trust providing that the interest of a beneficiary is held subject to a “spendthrift trust,” or words of similar import, is sufficient to restrain both voluntary and involuntary transfer of the beneficiary’s interest. […]

§ 35-15-504. Discretionary Interests — Effect Thereof

A discretionary interest is neither a property interest nor an enforceable right; it is a mere expectancy. Relative to a discretionary interest, whether or not a trust contains a spendthrift provision: No creditor or assignee shall force or otherwise reach a distribution with regard to a discretionary interest; No creditor or assignee shall require a […]