Shelley v. Shelley
Oregon Supreme Court
354 P.2d 282 (1960)
Relevant factsFree
Grant's trust paid him lifetime income with discretionary corpus distributions after age 30 and an emergency provision letting the trustee distribute corpus to Grant or his children for extraordinary support needs; the trust's spendthrift clause purported to shield both principal and income from creditors, but Grant abandoned his obligations to pay child support and alimony to two former wives and their children.
IssueFree
Whether, to the extent that distributions to the beneficiary are not discretionary, a spendthrift provision will apply to claims for alimony and child support.