There is a newer version of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 77 - Trusts
7745 - Creditor's claim against settlor - UTC 505(a).
§ 7745. Creditor's claim against settlor - UTC 505(a). Whether or not a trust instrument contains a spendthrift provision and notwithstanding section 7744 (relating to discretionary trusts; effect of standard - UTC 504): (1) During the lifetime of the settlor, the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors. (2) A judgment creditor or assignee of the settlor of an irrevocable trust may reach the maximum amount that can be distributed to or for the settlor's benefit. If a trust has more than one settlor, the creditor or assignee of a particular settlor may reach the portion of the trust attributable to that settlor's contribution. (3) After the death of the settlor and subject to the settlor's right to direct the source from which liabilities will be paid, the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors, costs of administration of the settlor's estate, the expenses of the settlor's funeral and disposal of remains and the family exemption to the extent the settlor's probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses and exemption and no other statute specifically exempts the property from those claims.
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