Texas § 255.351 EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH WILL.

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§ 255.351 — EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH WILL.

Texas § 255.351

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Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 255.351 (2026).

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Sec. 255.351. EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH WILL. A testator may not exercise a power of appointment through a residuary clause in the testator's will or through a will providing for general disposition of all of the testator's property unless:

(1)the testator makes a specific reference to the power in the will; or

(2)there is some other indication in writing that the testator intended to include the property subject to the power in the will. SUBCHAPTER I. CLASS GIFTS

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Sec. 255.351. EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH WILL. A testator may not exercise a power of appointment through a residuary clause in the testator's will or through a will providing for general disposition of all of the testator's property unless:
(1) the testator makes a specific reference to the power in the will; or
(2) there is some other indication in writing that the testator intended to include the property subject to the power in the will.
SUBCHAPTER I. CLASS GIFTS