District of Columbia § 19-1702.05 Rules of classification.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 19-1702.05 — Rules of classification.

District of Columbia § 19-1702.05

Title 19Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]

Ch. 17Uniform Powers of Appointment Code.

Subch. IICreation, Revocation, and Amendment of Power of Appointment.

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D.C. Code § 19-1702.05 (2026).

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(a)In this section, the term "adverse party" means a person with a substantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by a powerholder's exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder's estate, a creditor of the powerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder's estate.

(b)If a powerholder may exercise a power of appointment only with the consent or joinder of an adverse party, the power is nongeneral.

(c)If the permissible appointees of a power of appointment are not defined and limited, the power is exclusionary.

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(a) In this section, the term "adverse party" means a person with a substantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by a powerholder's exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder's estate, a creditor of the powerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder's estate.

(b) If a powerholder may exercise a power of appointment only with the consent or joinder of an adverse party, the power is nongeneral.

(c) If the permissible appointees of a power of appointment are not defined and limited, the power is exclusionary.