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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)

20 Pa.C.S. § 7742: Spendthrift provision - UTC 502.

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  1. Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
  2. CHAPTER 77 TRUSTS
  3. SUBCHAPTER E CREDITOR'S CLAIMS; SPENDTHRIFT AND DISCRETIONARY TRUSTS

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

(b) Creation.--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.

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

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