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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-505" 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>In this section, “child” includes any person for whom an order or a judgment for child support has been entered in this State or another state.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of § 14.5–502 of this subtitle, the interest of a beneficiary that is subject to either a spendthrift provision or a support provision or both can be reached in satisfaction of an enforceable claim against the beneficiary by the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A child, spouse, or former spouse of the beneficiary that has a judgment or court order against the beneficiary for support or maintenance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A judgment creditor that has provided services for the protection of the interest of a beneficiary in the trust; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A claim of this State or the United States to the extent a statute of this State or federal law so provides.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A claimant described in subsection (b) of this section may obtain from a court an order attaching present or future distributions to or for the benefit of the beneficiary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may only order the trustee to satisfy all or part of the judgment out of payments of income or principal as they become due.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The court may limit the award to such relief as is appropriate under the circumstances, considering among any other factors determined appropriate by the court:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The support needs of the beneficiary’s spouse, former spouse, and dependent children;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The support needs of the beneficiary; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>With respect to a beneficiary that is the recipient of public benefits, the supplemental needs of the beneficiary if the trust was not intended to provide for the basic support of the beneficiary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
