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                                      TRUSTS 3D



Generally

C.A.1, 2019. Cit. generally in ftn. In certifying to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the
question of whether a judgment creditor of a settlor's estate could reach and apply assets in an
irrevocable spendthrift trust after the death of the self-settlor of the trust, this court noted that, under
Massachusetts law and Restatement Second  of Trusts § 156, a self-settled spendthrift trust did not
protect assets from the settlor's creditors to the extent that the settlor retained use and control of the
funds. The court noted that the Restatement Third of Trusts might have had some relevance to the issue,
but that neither party had argued that its application would make any material change for the purpose of
this case. De Prins v. Michaeles Trustee of Donald Belanger Irrevocable Trust dated October 28, 2008,
942 F.3d 521, 526.



              PART   1. NATURE,   CHARACTERISTICS, AND TYPES OF TRUSTS

                       CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS

§ 2. Definition of Trust

C.A.6, 2019. Com.  (d) cit. in sup. After the district court entered judgment against debtor for liability on
a loan guaranteed by debtor personally and in his capacity as trustee of a revocable trust, debtor
appealed, alleging that creditor was not entitled to obtain relief from trust property, because the fact that
debtor could revoke the trust at any time meant that the trust did not own the property. This court
affirmed, holding that creditor could recover from trust property. The court rejected debtor's assertion
relying on Restatement Third of Trusts § 74 that his ability to revoke the trust at any time deprived the
trust of ownership interest in the trust property, and explained that the fact that creditors generally could
recover from trusts despite trusts lacking equitable ownership of trust property under § 2, Comment d,
demonstrated that such ownership interests were not a prerequisite for recovery by creditor. JPMorgan
Chase Bank,  N.A. v. Winget, 942 F.3d 748, 750.

S.D.W.Va.2019.   Quot. in sup. Estate administrator, a West Virginia resident, brought an adversary
action against trustee, a North Carolina corporation, seeking declaratory judgment regarding the validity
of the trust agreement. After trustee removed the action to this court, administrator filed a motion for
remand, alleging that the parties were not diverse. This court denied administrator's motion for remand,
holding that the parties were diverse, because the trust was a traditional trust whose citizenship was the
same  as trustee's. The court observed that the trust was a traditional trust as defined under Restatement
Second  of Trusts § 2 and Restatement Third of Trusts § 2, because decedent had transferred property to
trustee pursuant to a trust agreement that described trustee's duties and powers. Wurts v. Branch
Banking  and Trust Company, 402  F.Supp.3d 335, 336.

Colo.App.2018.  Com.  (d) quot. in sup. Taxpayer who had purchased two adjacent undeveloped parcels,
built a house on one parcel, and transferred the undeveloped parcel to her revocable trust appealed after

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