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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-504" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Creditor’s Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A spendthrift provision is valid and enforceable.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A provision of a trust providing that the interest of a beneficiary is held subject to a “spendthrift trust”, or words of similar import, restrains both voluntary and involuntary transfer of the beneficiary’s interest.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A beneficial interest that is subject to a spendthrift provision may not be judicially foreclosed or attached by a creditor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A beneficiary may not transfer an interest in a trust in violation of a valid spendthrift provision and, except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a creditor or an assignee of the beneficiary may not reach the interest or a distribution by the trustee before the receipt by the beneficiary of the interest or distribution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An attempt by a beneficiary to transfer an interest in a trust in violation of a valid spendthrift provision shall be void and of no effect.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The use, occupancy, and enjoyment of a single parcel of residential real property, as designated by the trustee, and tangible personal property by a beneficiary whose interest is subject to a spendthrift provision may not be transferred.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The use, occupancy, and enjoyment described in paragraph (1) of this subsection are not subject to the enforcement of a judgment against the beneficiary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
