{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1305.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1305.02","heading":"Spendthrift provision.","body":"(a)\nA spendthrift provision is valid only if it restrains both voluntary and involuntary transfer of a beneficiary’s interest.\n\n(b)\nA 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.\n\n(c)\nA beneficiary may not transfer an interest in a trust in violation of a valid spendthrift provision and, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a creditor or assignee of the beneficiary may not reach the interest or a distribution by the trustee before its receipt by the beneficiary.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 13. Uniform Trust Code.","Subchapter V. Creditor’s Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1305.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9f9539b37569b1579da812b76f1667f2c1fe9a2f46388ad06eea8d365afe08ba","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1305.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1305.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}