§ 38-9B-6 — Rights and Interests of Life Beneficiaries and Contributors

Alabama § 38-9B-6

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 38: Public Welfare
• Ch. 9B: Alabama Family Trust Board of Trustees

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(a) No life beneficiary shall have any vested or property rights or interests in the AFT Trust, nor shall any life beneficiary have the power to anticipate, assign, convey, alienate, or otherwise encumber any interest in the income or principal of the AFT Trust nor shall the income or principal be or any interest of any life beneficiary thereunder be liable for any debt incurred by the life beneficiary, nor shall the principal or income of the AFT Trust Fund be subject to seizure by any creditor of any life beneficiary under any writ or proceeding in law or in equity.
(b) Except for the right of a contributor who is not and whose spouse is not a life beneficiary to revoke any contribution made to the AFT Trust, pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection (c) of Section 38-9B-5, neither the settlor, contributor, nor any acting co-trustee has the right to sell, assign, convey, alienate, or otherwise encumber, for consideration or otherwise, any interest in the income or the principal of the AFT Trust, nor shall the income or the principal or any interest of any life beneficiary thereunder be liable for any debt incurred by the settlor, contributor, or any acting co-trustee, nor shall the principal or income of the AFT Trust be subject to seizure by any creditor of any settlor, contributor, or any acting co-trustee under any writ or proceeding in law or in equity.

Legislative History

(Acts 1994, No. 94-579, p. 1054, §6; Act 2013-366, p. 1313, §1.)