{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-503","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.5-503","heading":"Exceptions to spendthrift provision.","body":"1. In this section,\n(1) \"Child\" includes any person for whom an order or judgment for child support has been entered in this or another state, and\n(2) \"Judgment\" means a judgment which may be executed in this state.\n2. Even if a trust contains a spendthrift provision, a beneficiary's child, spouse, or former spouse who has a judgment against the beneficiary for support or maintenance, or a judgment creditor who has provided services for the protection of a beneficiary's interest in the trust, may obtain from a court an order attaching present or future trust income. If there is more than one permissible distributee, the court may grant relief as is equitable under the circumstances.\n3. A spendthrift provision is unenforceable against a claim of this state or the United States to the extent a statute of this state or federal law so provides.","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=456.5-503","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"3512171c742633cd15e91145a690bd0f620db7ee6322217720d06303f79cb17c","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-502","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}