In re Cleopatra Cameron Gift Trust

[¶1.] Trust beneficiary Cleopatra Cameron filed a petition in the circuit court requesting a determination of whether the trust's spendthrift provision prohibits direct payments of her child support obligation to her ex-husband, Christopher Pallanck. A California family court previously ordered the direct payments as part of the couple's divorce, citing a particular feature of California trust law. The circuit court concluded the direct payment order was a method of enforcing Cleopatra's child support obligation to be determined under local law and, therefore, not entitled to full faith and…