11. Maintenance and advancement and protective trusts
Titles in the Complete series combine extracts from a wide range of primary materials with clear explanatory text to provide readers with a complete introductory resource. This chapter discusses the following: express powers of maintenance; exclusion of maintenance; the statutory power of maintenance; power to maintain infant beneficiaries, duty to maintain an adult beneficiary; accumulations; trust income; contingent pecuniary legacies; the power of the courts to award maintenance; the meaning of advancement; the statutory power of advancement; express powers of advancement; trustees discretion in granting maintenance and advancement; the courts’ power to authorize advancements; the exercise of discretion; and protective trusts and determining events.