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§ 31D-3-313 – Appointment to taker in default.

31D-3-313. Appointment to taker in default. If a power holder 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, then the power of appointment is deemed not to have been exercised and the appointee takes under […]

§ 31D-3-314 – Power holder's authority to revoke or amend exercise.

31D-3-314. Power holder’s authority to revoke or amend exercise. If the terms of an instrument creating a power of appointment do not prohibit the power holder from revoking or amending an exercise of the power, a power holder may revoke or amend the exercise of a power only if one of the following apply: (1) […]

§ 31D-3-308 – Selective allocation doctrine.

31D-3-308. Selective allocation doctrine. If a power holder exercises a power of appointment in a disposition that also disposes of property the power holder owns, the owned property and the appointive property must be allocated in the permissible manner that best carries out the power holder’s intent. (2015-205, s. 3(a).)

§ 31D-3-301 – Requisites for exercise of power of appointment.

31D-3-301. Requisites for exercise of power of appointment. A power of appointment is exercised only to the extent that the appointment is a permissible exercise of the power, and only if all of the following apply: (1) The instrument exercising the power is valid under applicable law. (2) The terms of the instrument exercising the […]

§ 31D-3-302 – Intent to exercise; determining intent from residuary clause.

31D-3-302. Intent to exercise; determining intent from residuary clause. A residuary clause that does not contain a blanket-exercisable clause or specific-exercise clause manifests the power holder’s intent to exercise a power of appointment only if all of the following apply: (1) The terms of the instrument containing the residuary clause (including any valid codicil or […]

§ 31D-3-303 – Intent to exercise after-acquired power.

31D-3-303. Intent to exercise after-acquired power. Unless the terms of an instrument exercising a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent: (1) If the power holder is not also the donor of the power, a blanket-exercise clause in the instrument extends to a power acquired by the power holder after executing the instrument containing the […]