spendthrift trust
A trust that is created for the benefit of a person that gives an independent trustee…A trust that is created for the benefit of a person (often because that beneficiary is unable to control spending) that gives an independent trustee full authority to make decisions as to how the trust funds may be spent for the benefit of the beneficiary, thus keeping the funds in the trust beyond the reach of creditors.
Meaning
1 sensesA trust that is created for the benefit of a person (often because that beneficiary is unable to control spending) that gives an independent trustee full authority to make decisions as to how the trust funds may be spent for the benefit of the beneficiary, thus keeping the funds in the trust beyond the reach of creditors.
- a trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary's improvidence
Forms
plural: spendthrift trusts| Singular | spendthrift trust |
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See also
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