support trust

A discretionary trust in which the settlor authorizes the trustee to pay to the beneficiary as much income or principal as the trustee believes is needed for support, esp. for “comfortable support” or “support in accordance with the beneficiary’s standard of living.”

• The beneficiary’s interest cannot be voluntarily transferred, but creditors who provide necessaries can usu. reach it; general creditors cannot. [Cases: Trusts 127. C.J.S. Trover and Conversion § 218.]

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