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Comparison of Offshore Trusts Jurisdictions
| Wealth Protection: Specific Provisions | Bahamas | Belize | Bermuda | Cayman Islands |
Cooks Islands |
Gibraltar | Jersey | Turk & Caicos |
| PROTECTION OF SETTLOR: | ||||||||
| Settlor can be a Beneficiary | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Retention of control by Settlor | yes | yes | ||||||
| Protection from subsequent bankruptcy | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| PROTECTION OF BENEFICIARY: | ||||||||
| Spendthrift beneficiaries provisions | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| Avoidance of forced heirship | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| PROTECTION FROM FOREIGN JUDGEMENTS: | ||||||||
| Specific non-recognition provisions | yes | |||||||
| Is the Hague Convention applicable? | no | no | no | |||||
| PROTECTION FROM CREDITORS: | ||||||||
| Exclusion of Statute of Elizabeth laws | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Trust invalid if transfer fraudulent | no | no | ||||||
| Creditor must prove fraudulent transfer | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Clear definition of fraudulent transfer | yes | |||||||
| Separation of creditor claims | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Statutory limitation on fraudulent transfer | yes (2 yrs) |
yes (6 yrs) |
yes (6 yrs) |
yes (1 yr) |
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| OTHER ISSUES: | ||||||||
| Retroactive protection for immigrant trusts | yes | |||||||
| Community property provisions | yes | |||||||
| Specific exclusion of foreign law | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Choice of law is binding | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Custodian trustee permitted | yes | |||||||
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