Ninth Circuit Applies California Supreme Court’s Holding in Carmack v. Reynolds, Holding That Spendthrift Trust Distributions Are Property of the Estate and Confirming the Types of Distributions Which Need to Be Turned Over
On August 16, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, more than two years after it issued an order certifying a probate question to the California Supreme Court, held that a bankruptcy estate is entitled to the full amount of spendthrift trust distributions due to...