Arizona § 14-2608 Exercise of power of appointment

Arizona Statutes

§ 14-2608 — Exercise of power of appointment

Arizona § 14-2608

Title 14Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 2INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS

Art. 6Rules of Construction

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Bluebook

Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14-2608 (2026).

Text

In the absence of a requirement that a power of appointment be exercised by a reference or by an express or specific reference to that power, a general residuary clause in a will or a will making general disposition of all of the testator's property expresses an intention to exercise a power of appointment held by the testator only if the power is a general power and the creating instrument does not contain a gift if the power is not exercised or the testator's will manifests an intention to include the property subject to the power.

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In the absence of a requirement that a power of appointment be exercised by a reference or by an express or specific reference to that power, a general residuary clause in a will or a will making general disposition of all of the testator's property expresses an intention to exercise a power of appointment held by the testator only if the power is a general power and the creating instrument does not contain a gift if the power is not exercised or the testator's will manifests an intention to include the property subject to the power.