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§ 64.2-2726. Powerholder’s authority to revoke or amend exercise

A powerholder may revoke or amend an exercise of a power of appointment only to the extent that: 1. The powerholder reserves a power of revocation or amendment in the instrument exercising the power of appointment, and if the power is nongeneral, the terms of the instrument creating the power of appointment do not prohibit […]

§ 64.2-2725. Appointment to taker in default

If a powerholder makes an appointment to a taker in default of appointment and the appointee would have taken the property under a gift-in-default clause had the property not been appointed, the power of appointment is deemed not to have been exercised and the appointee takes under the clause. 2016, c. 266.

§ 64.2-2719. Impermissible appointment

A. An exercise of a power of appointment in favor of an impermissible appointee is ineffective. B. An exercise of a power of appointment in favor of a permissible appointee is ineffective to the extent that the appointment is a fraud on the power. 2016, c. 266.

§ 64.2-2720. Selective allocation doctrine

If a powerholder exercises a power of appointment in a disposition that also disposes of property the powerholder owns, the owned property and the appointive property shall be allocated in the permissible manner that best carries out the powerholder’s intent. 2016, c. 266.

§ 64.2-2715. Intent to exercise; after-acquired power

Unless the terms of the instrument exercising a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2, a blanket-exercise clause extends to a power acquired by the powerholder after executing the instrument containing the clause; and 2. If the powerholder is also the donor of the power, the clause […]