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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  3. Title II DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
  4. Chapter 203E MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM TRUST CODE
  5. Article 5 CREDITOR'S CLAIMS; SPENDTHRIFT AND DISCRETIONARY TRUSTS
  6. Section 502 Spendthrift provision

Section 502

Section 502: Spendthrift provision

Section 502. Spendthrift provision


(a) A spendthrift provision shall be valid only if it restrains both voluntary and involuntary transfer of a beneficiary's interest.

(b) A term of a trust providing that the interest of a beneficiary is held subject to a ''spendthrift trust'', or words of similar import, shall be sufficient to restrain both voluntary and involuntary transfer of the beneficiary's interest.

(c) A beneficiary may not transfer an interest in a trust in violation of a valid spendthrift provision and, except as otherwise provided in this article, a creditor or assignee of the beneficiary may not reach the interest or a distribution by the trustee before its receipt by the beneficiary.