A. Notwithstanding section 12-1521, federal disability benefits awarded to veterans for service-connected disabilities pursuant to 38 United States Code chapter 11:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-1539

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. Are exempt from the claim of creditors.

2. Are not subject to attachment, levy or seizure under any legal or equitable process, as provided by federal law.

3. May not be awarded to any other person.

B. This section does not apply to that portion of service-connected disability benefits that is subject to child and spousal support enforcement under 42 United States Code § 659(h)(1)(A)(ii)(V).

 

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