{"id":413,"date":"2011-10-31T10:30:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.atiqbd.com\/divorced-spouse-trust-assets\/"},"modified":"2011-10-31T10:30:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T14:30:56","slug":"divorced-spouse-trust-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/divorced-spouse-trust-assets","title":{"rendered":"Can a Soon-to-be-Ex-Spouse Gain Access to Assets in a Trust in Which I Am a Beneficiary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, if a Trust is a Revocable Trust and the grantor(s) is (are) still alive, then the property in the Trust (i.e., owned by the Trust) remains Trust property until the stated action within the Trust calls for distribution. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Thus, no beneficiary (nor spouse of a beneficiary, even a soon-to-be ex-spouse) has the ability to reach Trust property and\/or require distribution.<\/p>\n<p>However, this response is NOT to be construed as providing any information on specific matrimonial issues that arise in any USA state, and many variations in personal situation can exist to change the realities of the above statement.<\/p>\n<p>For advice specific to any personal legal questions, Standard Legal always recommends you consult an attorney; you can<a title=\"Find a local attorney for FREE!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.StandardLegal.com\/attorney-find.html\"> find an attorney for FREE at Standard Legal&#8217;s Attorney Find<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, if a Trust is a Revocable Trust and the grantor(s) is (are) still alive, then the property in the Trust (i.e., owned by the Trust) remains Trust property until the stated action within the Trust calls for distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce-questions","category-living-trust-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can a Soon-to-be-Ex-Spouse Gain Access to Assets in a Trust in Which I Am a Beneficiary? 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