{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-502","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.5-502","heading":"Spendthrift provision.","body":"1. A spendthrift provision is valid if it restrains either the voluntary or involuntary transfer or both the voluntary and involuntary transfer of a beneficiary's interest.\n2. 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 transfers of the beneficiary's interest.\n3. A beneficiary may not transfer an interest in a trust in violation of a valid spendthrift provision and, except as otherwise provided in sections 456.5-501 to 456.5-507, 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 XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 456 - Trusts and Trustees — The Uniform Trust Code"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=456.5-502","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"97d4ea912010f9dfb4dfa4653f33ce7abc1eca05c195289e3b884800a1b0412c","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-501","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}