{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-736.0506","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 736.0506","heading":"Overdue distribution.","body":"(1) As used in this section, the term “mandatory distribution” means a distribution of income or principal the trustee is required to make to a beneficiary under the terms of the trust, including a distribution on termination of the trust. The term does not include a distribution subject to the exercise of the trustee’s discretion, even if:\n(a) The discretion is expressed in the form of a standard of distribution; or\n(b) The terms of the trust authorizing a distribution couple language of discretion with language of direction.\n(2) A creditor or assignee of a beneficiary may reach a mandatory distribution of income or principal, including a distribution upon termination of the trust, if the trustee has not made the distribution to the beneficiary within a reasonable time after the designated distribution date, whether or not a trust contains a spendthrift provision.\nHistory.—s. 5, ch. 2006-217.","path":["CHAPTER 736 FLORIDA TRUST CODE"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0700-0799/0736/0736.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:13:29Z","sha256":"186c813ffa9b4f700e302720dc5336cf04773fe887cde1113e69abce224d0f5c","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-736.05055","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-736.0507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}