96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2535, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4204, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4319 Security Pacific Bank Washington v. Jing Long Chang, AKA Alan J.L. Chang

80 F.3d 1412 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2535 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4204, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4319 SECURITY PACIFIC BANK WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jing Long CHANG, aka Alan J.L. Chang, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-17384. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1995. Decided April 11, 1996. Robert J. Smolenski, Smolenski & Wooddell, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the plaintiff-appellant. Enver W. Painter, Jr., Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; Harold M. Fong, Chief Judge, Presiding. No. CV-91-00512-HMF. Before: HUG, Chief Judge; THOMPSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 We must decide whether, under Hawaii law, a creditor is barred from reaching property held in a revocable living trust with a spendthrift clause when the property had formerly been held in tenancy by the entirety between the debtor and his wife. 2 * Appellant Security Pacific Bank Washington (the "Bank") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees Jing Long Chang (aka Alan Chang) and Chu Whea Wu Chang (aka Julia…