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Effective 5/9/2017
75-10-204. Exception to presumption of unlimited authority.
Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the power is nongeneral if:

  • (1) the power is exercisable only at the powerholder’s death; and
  • (2) the permissible appointees of the power are a defined and limited class that does not include the powerholder’s estate, the powerholder’s creditors, or the creditors of the powerholder’s estate.

Enacted by Chapter 125, 2017 General Session