CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Amount
.........Financial Ability
............Trusts
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Court may order support judgment paid from beneficiary’s interest in trust.

When a trust includes a valid spendthrift provision, a parent may reach into the trust for spousal or child support.

H's trust properly considered as income available for child support, regardless of spendthrift clause.

Under Prob.C 15305 (c), court may overcome trustee's discretion when there's an enforceable c/s judgment the trustee refuses to satisfy—court may order trustee to pay past due & ongoing support directly from trust.