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The Rights Of Creditors Of Beneficiaries Under The Uniform Trust Code: An Examination Of The Compromise, Alan Newman
The Rights Of Creditors Of Beneficiaries Under The Uniform Trust Code: An Examination Of The Compromise, Alan Newman
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The Rights of Creditors of Beneficiaries under the Uniform Trust Code: An Examination of the Compromise
The new Uniform Trust Code (the “UTC”), which recently has been introduced in the District of Columbia and six states but has not yet been enacted in any jurisdiction, is described in its prefatory note as “the first comprehensive national codification of the law of trusts.” According to its Reporter:
Crafting the provisions of Article 5 on spendthrift protection and the rights of a beneficiary’s creditors to reach the trust proved to be the most difficult task in drafting the Act. The area is …