{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-506","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.5-506","heading":"Mandatory distribution defined — overdue distribution.","body":"1. As used in this section, \"mandatory distribution\" means a distribution of income or principal which the trustee is required to make to a beneficiary under the terms of the trust, including a distribution upon termination of the trust. The term does not include a distribution subject to the exercise of the trustee's discretion even if (1) the discretion is expressed in the form of a standard of distribution, or (2) the terms of the trust authorizing a distribution couple language of discretion with language of direction.\n2. Whether or not a trust contains a spendthrift provision, 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 required distribution date.","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=456.5-506","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"20c262a70e3fb76e17dc8dc1786bb3119caa92b208b2359a8820bebac7b802e3","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-505","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.5-507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}