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The spendthrift clause has three general exceptions to the protection afforded: the self-settled trusts (if the settlor of a trust is also a beneficiary of a trust), the case when a debtor is the sole beneficiary and the sole trustee of a trust, and the support payments (a court may order the trustee to satisfy a beneficiary's support ...
A Quistclose trust is a method by which a creditor can hold a security interest in loans, through inserting a clause into the contract which limits the purposes for which the borrower can use the money. If the funds are used for a different purpose, a trust is created around the money for the benefit of the moneylender.
When the debt is fully paid, the beneficiary is required by law to promptly direct the trustee to transfer legal title to the property back to the trustor by reconveyance, thereby releasing the security for the debt. [6] Deeds of trust are the most common instrument used in the financing of real estate purchases in Alaska, Arizona, California ...
For an express trust to exist, there must be certainty to the objects of the trust and the trust property. In the USA Statute of Frauds provisions require express trusts to be evidenced in writing if the trust property is above a certain value, or is real estate. Fixed trust: The entitlement of the beneficiaries is fixed by the settlor. The ...
Certainty of subject matter: it must be clear what property is part of the trust and property, including sum of money, cannot be separated. Certainty of objects: it must be clear who the beneficiaries (objects) are. [3] Note: The 'Three certainties' rule is not novel to Knight v Knight. It was first stated in Wright v Atkyns, [4] by Earl Eldon LC.
Protective trusts are subject to challenge under creditor protection legislation as are any other forms of asset-protection. However many jurisdictions do not permit a trust to be broken where a debtor who remains a discretionary beneficiary only under a trust and cannot access the fund without the exercise of the trustees' discretion in his ...
In trust law, a constructive trust is an equitable remedy imposed by a court to benefit a party that has been wrongfully deprived of its rights due to either a person obtaining or holding a legal property right which they should not possess due to unjust enrichment or interference, or due to a breach of fiduciary duty, which is intercausative with unjust enrichment and/or property interference.
If trust property had been given to a third party, the trust fund could claim back the property as of right, unless the recipient was a bona fide purchaser. Generally, any recipient of trust property who knew about the breach of trust (or maybe ought to have known) could be made to give back the value, even if they had themselves exchanged the ...