Montana Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships § 72-7-301. Requisites for exercise of power of appointment

(a) if the instrument exercising the power is valid under applicable law;

(b) if the terms of the instrument exercising the power:

(c) to the extent the appointment is a permissible exercise of the power.

(a) the power of appointment is a general one that expressly authorizes the powerholder to appoint the appointive property to his or her own estate; and

(b) the powerholder utilizes clear and unequivocal language demonstrating a specific intent to exercise the power in favor of his or her own estate.