Utah Retirement Asset Protection Laws

In Utah, the following retirement assets are protected from creditors:

• money or assets held for or payable to a debtor as the participant or beneficiary from any qualified retirement plan or arrangement, except for QDRO payments or amounts contributed or benefits accrued within one year before the court petition;
• assets and payments under a stock bonus, pension, profit-sharing, annuity, or similar plan providing benefits other than by reason of illness or disability, to the extent reasonably necessary to support the debtor and the debtor's dependents; and
• retirement system benefits administered by the State Retirement Board, except for orders with respect to domestic relations matters.