HRS §554D-503
When a spendthrift trust can be tapped for support or government claims
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A spendthrift provision normally protects trust money from creditors, but it cannot stop a child with a support judgment or a government claim from reaching the trust. A court can order that trust payments go to that child or government instead of the beneficiary.
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The statute, as written — Exceptions to spendthrift provision
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) A spendthrift provision is unenforceable against: (1) A beneficiary's child who has a judgment or court order against the beneficiary for support or maintenance; and (2) A claim of this State or the United States to the extent a law of this State or federal law so provides. (b) A claimant against which a spendthrift provision cannot be enforced may obtain from a court an order attaching present or future distributions to or for the benefit of the beneficiary. The court may limit the award to relief as is appropriate under the circumstances.
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