New Hampshire Statutes

§ 564-B:10-1016 — Powers of Appointment

New Hampshire·Title LVI PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES·Ch. 564-B NEW HAMPSHIRE TRUST CODE·Subdivision ARTICLE 10LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEALING WITH TRUSTEE
(a)A power of appointment is exercised only:
(1)If the instrument exercising the power is valid under applicable law;
(2)If the terms of the instrument exercising the power:
(A)Manifest the powerholder's intent to exercise the power; and
(B)Subject to subsection (b), satisfy any requirements that the terms of the trust may impose on the exercise of the power; and
(3)To the extent that the appointment is a permissible exercise of the power.
(b)A powerholder's substantial compliance with a formal requirement of appointment imposed by the terms of the trust, including a requirement that the instrument exercising the power of appointment make reference or specific reference to the power, is sufficient if:
(1)The powerholder knows of and intends to exercise the power;
(2)The terms of t

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Legislative History

2017, 257:28, eff. July 18, 2017.

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