IN RE REYNOLDS

No. 12-60068.

867 F.3d 1119 (2017)

IN RE Rick H. REYNOLDS, Debtor. Todd A. Frealy, Attorney, Chapter 7 Trustee of Estate of Rick Reynolds, Appellant, v. Rick H. Reynolds; John M. Carmack, Co-Trustee of the Reynolds Family Trust and Co-Trustee of The Reynolds Family Trust-Survivor's Trust, as amended; John Morris, Co-Trustee of the Reynolds Family Trust and Co-Trustee of The Reynolds Family Trust-Survivor's Trust, as amended, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse S. Finlayson (argued), Finlayson Williams Toffer Roosevelt & Lilly LLP, Irvine, California, for Appellant.

David W. Meadows (argued), Law Offices of David W. Meadows, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees.

Before: Alex Kozinski and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges, and Charles R. Breyer, District Judge.


OPINION

Debtor is the beneficiary of a spendthrift trust. The trust payments he receives come entirely from trust principal. The California Probate Code is unclear as to whether and to what extent his creditors may reach the trust distributions, so we certified the question to the California Supreme Court. Frealy v. Reynolds...

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