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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65426</law_id><section_number>64.2-744</section_number><catch_line>Exceptions to spendthrift provision</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Trusts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Uniform Trust Code</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Creditor's Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">child</span>&#x201D; includes any <span class="dictionary">person</span> for whom an <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> for <span class="dictionary">child</span> support has been entered in this or another <span class="dictionary">state</span>. <a id="paragraph-237877" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-744/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Even if a trust contains a <span class="dictionary">spendthrift provision</span>, a <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">child</span> who has a judgment or <span class="dictionary">court order</span> against the <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span> for support or maintenance, or a <span class="dictionary">judgment creditor</span> who has provided services for the protection of a <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span>&#x2019;s interest in the trust, may obtain from a court an order attaching present or future distributions to or for the benefit of the <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span>. <a id="paragraph-237878" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-744/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Subject to the limitations of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Certain claims for reimbursement for public assistance" href="/64.2-745/">64.2-745</a>, no <span class="dictionary">spendthrift provision</span> shall operate to the prejudice of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, the Commonwealth, or any county, city, or town. <a id="paragraph-237879" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-744/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A claimant against which a <span class="dictionary">spendthrift provision</span> cannot be enforced may obtain from a court an order attaching present or future distributions to or for the benefit of a <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span>. The court may limit the award of such relief as is appropriate under the circumstances. <a id="paragraph-237880" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-744/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-545.03; 2007, c. 216; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
