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Ark. Code Ann. § 28-72-602

Settlement of trust

Acts 2019, No. 1047, § 1.

(1) A qualified spousal trust may include a trust term that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, including without limitation a discretionary power to distribute trust property to a person other than a settlor.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in writing by each settlor who transfers property to a qualified spousal trust, property that is held at any time in a qualified spousal trust, without regard to how the property was titled before the property was held: Has the same immunity from the claim of a separate creditor of either settlor as if the property were held outside the qualified spousal trust by both settlors as tenants by the entirety; and

(3) Shall be treated as tenants by entirety property for the purpose of immunity from federal and state bankruptcy laws.

(4) Property that is held in a qualified spousal trust is not immune from the claim of a creditor if the marriage of the settlors dissolves.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.