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Exemption: College investment plan account (limit for year before filing is $5,000 or average of past two years' contribution whichever is more)

Citation: Stat. - Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, § 4916

Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, § 4916 :
� 4916 Exemption of Delaware College Investment Plan Accounts.

(a) In addition to the exemptions provided in §§ 4902 and 4903 of this title, there shall be exempt from execution or attachment process assets held in and proceeds payable under Chapter 5 of Title 13, from any account established under the Delaware College Investment Plan pursuant to subchapter XII of Chapter 34 of Title 14 (a "Plan Account") or any account established under the Delaware Achieving a Better Life Experience Program pursuant to Chapter 96A of Title 16 (an "ABLE Account"). This exemption shall only apply to such amount as does not exceed the total contributions permitted under § 529(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. § 529(b)(6)] with respect to any Plan Account or ABLE Account.

(b) This section shall not exempt from execution or attachment assets contributed by a debtor to any Plan Account or ABLE Account within 365 days to the extent that such assets contributed within said 365 days exceed the greater of:

(1) $5,000; or

(2) The average annual contribution made by such debtor to such Plan Account or ABLE Account for the 2 calendar years preceding the date of the filing of such execution or attachment or the filing of such petition.

(c) This section shall not exempt from execution or attachment any judgment obtained under § 554 of Title 30. If any portion of this section is held invalid or is preempted by federal law, in whole or in part, the remaining portions shall remain in effect to the maximum extent permitted by law.

(d) In the case of a Plan Account or ABLE Account owned by a trust, nothing in this section may be construed to limit the protections afforded to trusts by § 3536 of Title 12.
Last Amended: 2015
2015
73 Del. Laws, c. 169, § 1; 76 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 8; 80 Del. Laws, c. 34, § 2.;
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