As used in this part:
(1) "Asset protection trust" means a trust:
- (a) that is irrevocable;
(b) of which the settlor:
- (i) is a beneficiary; or
- (ii) may be made a beneficiary by the act or action of a person other than the settlor; and
- (c) meets the requirements of this part.
(2) "Creditor" means:
- (a) a creditor or other claimant of the settlor existing when the asset protection trust is created; or
(b) a person who subsequently becomes a creditor of the settlor, including whether or not reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured:
- (i) holding or seeking to enforce a judgment entered by a court or other body having adjudicative authority; or
- (ii) with a right to payment.
(3) "Domestic support obligation" means:
- (a) a child support judgment or order;
- (b) a spousal support judgment or order; or
- (c) an unsatisfied claim arising from a property division in a divorce proceeding.
(4) "Insolvent" means:
- (a) having generally ceased to pay debts in the ordinary course of business other than as a result of a bona fide dispute;
- (b) being unable to pay debts as they become due; or
- (c) being insolvent within the meaning of federal bankruptcy law.
- (5) "Paid and delivered" does not include the settlor's use or occupancy, as a beneficiary, of real property or personal property owned by the asset protection trust if the use or occupancy is in accordance with the trustee's discretionary authority under the trust instrument.
- (6) "Personal property" includes intangible and tangible personal property.
- (7) "Transfer" means any form of transfer of property, including gratuitous transfers, whether by deed, conveyance, or assignment.
Amended by Chapter 310, 2025 General Session