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Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXI. Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability § 456.1065. Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

To the extent a powerholder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment:

(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or

(2) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the unappointed property:

(a) Passes to the permissible appointees if:

a. The permissible appointees are defined and limited; and

b. The terms of the instrument creating the power do not manifest a contrary intent; or

(b) If there is no taker under paragraph (a) of this subdivision, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.

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