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* Protective trust.* Here the terminology is different between the UK and
the USAIn the UK, a protective trust is a life interest which terminates on
the happening of a specified event such as the bankruptcy of the beneficiary
or any attempt by him to dispose of his interest. They have become
comparatively rare.In the USA, a *protective trust* is a type of trust that
was devised for use in estate planning. (In another jurisdiction this might
be thought of as one type of asset protection trust.) Often a person, *A*,
wishes to leave property to another person *B*. *A* however fears that the
property might be claimed by creditors before *A* dies, and that therefore *
B* would receive none of it. *A* could establish a trust with *B* as the
beneficiary, but then *A* would not be entitled to use of the property
before they died. Protective trusts were developed as a solution to this
situation. *A* would establish a trust with both *A* and *B* as
beneficiaries, with the trustee instructed to allow *A* use of the property
until they died, and thereafter to allow its use to *B*. The property is
then safe from being claimed by *A*'s creditors, at least so long as the
debt was entered into after the trust's establishment. This use of trusts is
similar to life estates and remainders, and are frequently used as
alternatives to them