Wyo. Stat. § 4-10-510
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Creation of qualified spendthrift trust
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(a) A settlor may create a qualified spendthrift trust with a trust instrument appointing a qualified trustee for qualified trust property, which instrument:
(i) States that the trust is a qualified spendthrift trust under this section;
(ii) Expressly incorporates the law of this state to govern the validity, construction and administration of the trust;
(iii) Provides that the interest of the settlor in the trust income or principal, or both, is held subject to a spendthrift provision under W.S. 4-10-502 and such provision of the trust instrument shall be deemed to be a restriction on the transfer of the settlor's beneficial interest in the trust that is enforceable under applicable nonbankruptcy law within the meaning of Section 541(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(iv) Is irrevocable, but a trust instrument may not be deemed revocable on account of its inclusion of one (1) or more of the following:
(A) A settlor's power to veto a distribution from the trust;
(B) An inter vivos or testamentary general or limited power of appointment held by the settlor;
(C) The settlor's potential or actual receipt of income, including rights to the income retained in the trust instrument;
(D) The settlor's potential or actual receipt of income or principal from a charitable remainder unitrust or charitable remainder annuity trust as those terms are defined in Section 664 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(E) The settlor's receipt each year of a percentage, not to exceed five percent (5%), specified in the trust instrument, of the initial value of the trust or its value determined from time to time pursuant to the trust instrument;
(F) The settlor's potential or actual receipt or use of principal when a qualified trustee, including a trustee acting at the direction of a trust advisor other than the settlor, makes such distribution or grants such use in the
trustee's sole discretion or pursuant to an ascertainable standard contained in the trust instrument;
(G) The settlor's right to add or remove a trustee, trust protector or trust advisor and to appoint a new trustee, trust protector or trust advisor, other than the settlor;
(H) The settlor's potential or actual use of real property held under a qualified personal residence trust within the meaning of the term as described in Section 2702(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(J) A trust protector as provided in W.S. 4-10-710 has the power to add beneficiaries to the trust who are not the trust protector, the estate of the trust protector, the creditors of the trust protector or the heirs of the trust protector;
(K) The settlor's right to serve as an investment advisor to the trust, with the powers provided in W.S. 4-10-712(a)(iii) and (iv);
(M) The court's right to revoke a trust created by a conservator for a ward under W.S. 3-3-607;
(N) The settlor's receipt each year of income or principal from a grantor retained annuity trust or grantor retained unitrust that is allowed under section 2702 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(O) The transferor's potential or actual receipt of income or principal to pay, in whole or in part, income taxes due on income of the trust if the potential or actual receipt of income or principal is pursuant to a provision in the trust instrument that expressly provides for the payment of the taxes and if the potential or actual receipt of income or principal would be the result of a qualified trustee's acting:
(I) In the qualified trustee's discretion or pursuant to a mandatory direction in the trust instrument; or
(II) At the direction of an advisor described in subparagraph (F) of this paragraph and who is acting in the advisor's discretion.
essly provides for the payment of the taxes and if the potential or actual receipt of income or principal would be the result of a qualified trustee's acting:
(I) In the qualified trustee's discretion or pursuant to a mandatory direction in the trust instrument; or
(II) At the direction of an advisor described in subparagraph (F) of this paragraph and who is acting in the advisor's discretion.
(P) The ability, whether pursuant to discretion, direction or the settlor's exercise of a testamentary power of appointment, of a qualified trustee to pay, after the death of the transferor, all or any part of the debts of the transferor outstanding at the time of the transferor's death, the expenses of administering the transferor's estate, or any estate or inheritance tax imposed on or with respect to the transferor's estate.
(i) States that the trust is a qualified spendthrift trust under this section;
(ii) Expressly incorporates the law of this state to govern the validity, construction and administration of the trust;
(iii) Provides that the interest of the settlor in the trust income or principal, or both, is held subject to a spendthrift provision under W.S. 4-10-502 and such provision of the trust instrument shall be deemed to be a restriction on the transfer of the settlor's beneficial interest in the trust that is enforceable under applicable nonbankruptcy law within the meaning of Section 541(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(iv) Is irrevocable, but a trust instrument may not be deemed revocable on account of its inclusion of one (1) or more of the following:
(A) A settlor's power to veto a distribution from the trust;
(B) An inter vivos or testamentary general or limited power of appointment held by the settlor;
(C) The settlor's potential or actual receipt of income, including rights to the income retained in the trust instrument;
(D) The settlor's potential or actual receipt of income or principal from a charitable remainder unitrust or charitable remainder annuity trust as those terms are defined in Section 664 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(E) The settlor's receipt each year of a percentage, not to exceed five percent (5%), specified in the trust instrument, of the initial value of the trust or its value determined from time to time pursuant to the trust instrument;
(F) The settlor's potential or actual receipt or use of principal when a qualified trustee, including a trustee acting at the direction of a trust advisor other than the settlor, makes such distribution or grants such use in the
trustee's sole discretion or pursuant to an ascertainable standard contained in the trust instrument;
(G) The settlor's right to add or remove a trustee, trust protector or trust advisor and to appoint a new trustee, trust protector or trust advisor, other than the settlor;
(H) The settlor's potential or actual use of real property held under a qualified personal residence trust within the meaning of the term as described in Section 2702(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(J) A trust protector as provided in W.S. 4-10-710 has the power to add beneficiaries to the trust who are not the trust protector, the estate of the trust protector, the creditors of the trust protector or the heirs of the trust protector;
(K) The settlor's right to serve as an investment advisor to the trust, with the powers provided in W.S. 4-10-712(a)(iii) and (iv);
(M) The court's right to revoke a trust created by a conservator for a ward under W.S. 3-3-607;
(N) The settlor's receipt each year of income or principal from a grantor retained annuity trust or grantor retained unitrust that is allowed under section 2702 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(O) The transferor's potential or actual receipt of income or principal to pay, in whole or in part, income taxes due on income of the trust if the potential or actual receipt of income or principal is pursuant to a provision in the trust instrument that expressly provides for the payment of the taxes and if the potential or actual receipt of income or principal would be the result of a qualified trustee's acting:
(I) In the qualified trustee's discretion or pursuant to a mandatory direction in the trust instrument; or
(II) At the direction of an advisor described in subparagraph (F) of this paragraph and who is acting in the advisor's discretion.
essly provides for the payment of the taxes and if the potential or actual receipt of income or principal would be the result of a qualified trustee's acting:
(I) In the qualified trustee's discretion or pursuant to a mandatory direction in the trust instrument; or
(II) At the direction of an advisor described in subparagraph (F) of this paragraph and who is acting in the advisor's discretion.
(P) The ability, whether pursuant to discretion, direction or the settlor's exercise of a testamentary power of appointment, of a qualified trustee to pay, after the death of the transferor, all or any part of the debts of the transferor outstanding at the time of the transferor's death, the expenses of administering the transferor's estate, or any estate or inheritance tax imposed on or with respect to the transferor's estate.
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