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Ark. Code Ann. § 28-72-602: Settlement of trust

(a) A qualified spousal trust may include a trust term that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, including without limitation a discretionary power to distribute trust property to a person other than a settlor. (b) (1) Unless otherwise provided in writing by each settlor who transfers property to a qualified spousal trust, property that is held at any time in a qualified spousal trust, without regard to how the property was titled before the property was held: (A) Has the same immunity from the claim of a separate creditor of either settlor as if the property were held outside the qualified spousal trust by both settlors as tenants by the entirety; and (B) Shall be treated as tenants by entirety property for the purpose of immunity from federal and state bankruptcy laws. (2) Property that is held in a qualified spousal trust is not immune from the claim of a creditor if the marriage of the settlors dissolves. Added by Act 2019, No. 1047,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.

(b) (1) Unless otherwise provided in writing by each settlor who transfers property to a qualified spousal trust, property that is held at any time in a qualified spousal trust, without regard to how the property was titled before the property was held: (A) Has the same immunity from the claim of a separate creditor of either settlor as if the property were held outside the qualified spousal trust by both settlors as tenants by the entirety; and (B) Shall be treated as tenants by entirety property for the purpose of immunity from federal and state bankruptcy laws. (2) Property that is held in a qualified spousal trust is not immune from the claim of a creditor if the marriage of the settlors dissolves.

(1) Unless otherwise provided in writing by each settlor who transfers property to a qualified spousal trust, property that is held at any time in a qualified spousal trust, without regard to how the property was titled before the property was held: (A) Has the same immunity from the claim of a separate creditor of either settlor as if the property were held outside the qualified spousal trust by both settlors as tenants by the entirety; and (B) Shall be treated as tenants by entirety property for the purpose of immunity from federal and state bankruptcy laws.

(A) Has the same immunity from the claim of a separate creditor of either settlor as if the property were held outside the qualified spousal trust by both settlors as tenants by the entirety; and

(B) Shall be treated as tenants by entirety property for the purpose of immunity from federal and state bankruptcy laws.

(2) Property that is held in a qualified spousal trust is not immune from the claim of a creditor if the marriage of the settlors dissolves.

Where this section sits in the code

AR Code
Title 28
Chapter 72
Subchapter 6

(A) Has the same immunity from the claim of a separate creditor of either settlor as if the property were held outside the qualified spousal trust by both settlors as tenants by the entirety; and

(B) Shall be treated as tenants by entirety property for the purpose of immunity from federal and state bankruptcy laws.

(2) Property that is held in a qualified spousal trust is not immune from the claim of a creditor if the marriage of the settlors dissolves.

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