By Richard Marshack: In a prior post, I began a review of when beneficial interests under spendthrift trusts may be reached as property of the estate in the Ninth Circuit. Today I’ll look more closely at the decisions in In…
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By Richard Marshack: Spendthrift Trusts that benefit debtors can raise tricky issues for bankruptcy lawyers and trustees, especially in California where spendthrift protection for beneficiaries is limited to 75% of the payments they would receive, leaving 25% available for recovery...
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By Richard Marshack and Ed Hays The recent 9th Circuit Schwarzkopf opinion ((Robert L. Goodrich v. Juan Briones (In Re: Alexis Hill Schwarzkopf), No. 08-56974, (Nov. 23, 2010, 9th Cir); 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 24046.)) reads a little like a…
