IN RE JORDAN

No. 89-35092.

914 F.2d 197 (1990)

In re Ronald L. JORDAN, Debra L. Jordan, Debtors. Karen L. HERRIN, Trustee, Appellant, v. Ronald L. JORDAN, Debra L. Jordan, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Herrin, Mount Vernon, Wash., for trustee/appellant.

Ann E. Kruse, Woodinville, Wash., for debtors/appellees.

Before KOELSCH, ALARCON and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

Karen Herrin, the trustee in bankruptcy, appeals from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's (BAP's) judgment affirming the bankruptcy court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the debtors Ronald and Debra Jordan.

We must decide whether a trust containing restrictions against assignment and alienation, created to compensate a debtor for the release of his personal injury claim, is a spendthrift trust under Washington law and is, therefore...

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