{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-38-502","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-38-502","heading":"Spendthrift provision.","body":"(1) A spendthrift provision is valid only if it restrains both voluntary and involuntary transfer of a beneficiary's interest.\n(2) 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 transfer of the beneficiary's interest.\n(3) A beneficiary may not transfer an interest in a trust in violation of a valid spendthrift provision, and except as otherwise provided in this part, 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 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 38. MONTANA UNIFORM TRUST CODE","Part 5. Creditor's Claims -- Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0380/part_0050/section_0020/0720-0380-0050-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:33Z","sha256":"46a85f8e0c012e11c8f8c1aed54eca5b3fa54a577107b2dacd51cf8818e3983f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-38-501","next":"us-mt/72-38-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}