2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 14 - Trusts, Estates and Protective Proceedings
§ 14-10503 Exceptions to spendthrift provision; definition
14-10503. Exceptions to spendthrift provision; definition
A. Even if a trust contains a spendthrift provision, a beneficiary's child who has a judgment or court order against the beneficiary for support or maintenance, or a judgment creditor who has provided services relating to the protection of a beneficiary's interest in the trust, may obtain from a court an order attaching present or future distributions to or for the benefit of the beneficiary only for these matters.
B. The exception prescribed in subsection A is unenforceable against a special needs trust.
C. A spendthrift provision is unenforceable against a claim of this state or the United States only to the extent a statute of this state or federal law so provides.
D. For the purposes of this section, " child" includes any person for whom an order or judgment for child support has been validly entered in this or another state.
